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The evaluation of warm-season annual grasses as alternative sources of forage crops for beef cattle diets under northwestern Alberta conditions

Akim Omokanyea Peace Country Beef & Forage Association, Fairview, AB, Canada;b Department of Renewable Resources, Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Guillermo Hernandezb Department of Renewable Resources, Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CanadaView further author information
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Herbert Lardnerc Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, CanadaView further author information
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Kabal S. Gilld SARDA Ag Research, Falher, AB, CanadaView further author information
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Buthaina Al-Maqtaria Peace Country Beef & Forage Association, Fairview, AB, CanadaView further author information
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Alan Leeb Department of Renewable Resources, Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CanadaView further author information
Pages 536-546 | Received 16 Sep 2020, Accepted 02 Nov 2020, Published online: 18 Nov 2020

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