Performance of Lactating Dairy Cows Fed Alfalfa Silage or Perennial Ryegrass Silage

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 162-168

  Hoffman, P C ^a,b   Combs, D K ^b   Casler, M D ^b  

^a Hancock Agricultural Research Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Lactation; Perennial ryegrass

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; LOLIUM PERENNE; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTION; FEMALE; KINETICS; LACTATION; LOLIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SILAGE;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIGESTION; FEMALE; KINETICS; LACTATION; LOLIUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SILAGE;

EID: 0031606298     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75563-8     Document Type: Article

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