Effects of inoculant treatment on ryegrass silage fermentation, digestibility, rumen fementation, intake and performance of lactating dairy cattle

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 232-241

  Keady, T W J ^a,b   Murphy, J J ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 0030428053     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.1996.tb02058.x     Document Type: Article

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