Performance of growing cattle grazing stockpiled Jesup tall fescue with varying endophyte status.

@article{Drewnoski2009PerformanceOG,
  title={Performance of growing cattle grazing stockpiled Jesup tall fescue with varying endophyte status.},
  author={Mary E. Drewnoski and E. J. Oliphant and Brandon Marshall and Matthew H. Poore and J. T. Green and Mitchell Hockett},
  journal={Journal of animal science},
  year={2009},
  volume={87 3},
  pages={
          1034-41
        }
}
The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of growing cattle when intensively grazing stockpiled endophyte-infected (E+), endophyte-free (E-), and nontoxic endophyte-infected (EN) tall fescue during the winter. The experiment was conducted over 5 consecutive winters. In each year, plots (1 ha each, 4 per treatment) were harvested for hay in August, fertilized in September, and forage was allowed to accumulate until grazing was initiated in early December. Each year, 48 Angus… 
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