Evaluation of annual ryegrass straw:corn juice silage with cattle and water buffalo: Digestibility in cattle vs. buffalo, and growth performance and subsequent lactational performance of Holstein heifers

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 195-202

  Hussain, I ^a   Cheeke, P R ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Cattle; Silage rygrass straw:corn juice

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0005112830     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-8401(95)00854-3     Document Type: Article

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