Performance of beef cattle offered grass silages made using bacterial inoculants, formic acid or sulphuric acid

Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-15

  O'Kiely, P ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Additive; Cattle; Inoculant; Live weight gain; Silage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030502059     PISSN: 07916833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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