The effect of the replacement of grass silage by increasing proportions of urea-treated whole-crop wheat on food intake and apparent digestibility and milk production by dairy cows

Animal Science

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 343-351

  Sutton, J D ^a   Abdalla, A L ^a,b   Phipps, R H ^a   Cammell, S B ^a   Humphries, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Digestibility; Grass silage; Milk production; Wheat

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; FRIESIA; LOLIUM PERENNE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0031519529     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800008547     Document Type: Article

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