Grass silage as a basic feed for store lambs. 3. Effect of barley supplementation of silages varying in chop length on silage intake and lamb performance

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 389-402

  Fitzgerald, J J ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

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HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LOLIUM PERENNE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030439905     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2494.1996.tb02073.x     Document Type: Article

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