The phrase "as a forage source" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the role of a particular plant or material in providing food for livestock or wildlife.
Example: "The clover is valued as a forage source for cattle during the summer months."
Alternatives: "as a feed option" or "as a food resource".
At the first trial, alfalfa hay was used as a forage source whilst in the second trial, corn silage was used as a forage source.
Pea silage can replace barley or alfalfa silage as a forage source for dairy cows in early lactation.
Sugarcane is relatively affordable in subtropical regions and can be used as a forage source for cattle; however, its low fiber degradation in the rumen may impair diet digestibility and animal performance.
This study was conducted to examine the effects of dietary energy source and level on intake, digestion, rumen microbial protein synthesis, and milk production in lactating dairy cows, using corn stover as a forage source.
These results demonstrate the potential for mulberry as a strategic forage source in temperate as well as tropical regions of the world.
These results suggest that an increased dietary energy level and ruminal degradation rate are beneficial to milk protein production, which we suggest is due to increased yields of microbial proteins, when cows are fed corn stover as a dietary forage source.
Sorghum is a cereal crop of critical importance as a food and forage source in hot, arid environments and is a promising bioenergy crop in the United States.
Total mixed rations containing either AS or CS as the sole forage source were balanced to be isocaloric and isonitrogenous.
Results from this study showed limited effects of MEO supplementation on nutrient utilization, ruminal fermentation, and milk performance when cows were fed diets containing either AS or CS as the sole forage source.
The importance of wild plants as alternative forage source for pollinators was assessed by a survey of the flowering plants in different habitats surrounding eggplant fields.
Three cannulated post-pubertal Holstein heifers (age 18.0 ± 1.2 months; body weight 449.6 ± 19.7 kg) were fed diets consisting of corn silage as the sole forage source in a 3 period (35-day) Latin square design.
