Forage and Animal Gains of Coastal Bermuda and Pensacola Bahia
Issue Date
1969-09-01Keywords
animal gainsCoastal Bermuda
Pensacola Bahia
Pelled
Composited
Ground Snapped Corn
saurae
Forage Age
Bermuda grass
growth habitGrounddry matterBeef SteersCynodon dactylonGainshayfertilizerchemical compositionclippingdigestibilityPaspalum notatumphosphoruspotassiumforage productionforage qualityyieldsgrazinggrowth habitqualitynitrogenforagemowing
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Beaty, E. R., Powell, J. D., & Edwards, J. H. (1969). Forage and animal gains of Coastal bermuda and Pensacola bahia. Journal of Range Management, 22(5), 318-321.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/3895873Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Abstract
Similarly fertilized "Coastal" bermudagrass and "Pensacola" bahiagrass were clipped from May 18 until October 22, 1964, at monthly intervals, ground, pelleted, composited, and fed to beef steers. Forage production of bermudagrass was more uniform during the growing season than was that of the bahiagrass. Forage harvested earliest and latest in the season had a higher apparent dry matter digestibility, lower cell wall, acid detergent fiber, and acid detergent lignin content than that harvested in the middle of the season. The growth habit of bahiagrass does not suggest that it is a desirable hay plant. Animal performance showed that both forages produced slightly lower gains than did ground snapped corn. Only gains on bahiagrass were significantly lower, however. Plants such as bermudagrass and bahiagrass are probably more satisfactory forage plants when kept young by either mowing or grazing.Type
Articletext
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enISSN
0022-409XScopus Count
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