The effects of feeding grass silage and molassed sugarbeet pulp either separately or as an ensiled mixture to twin-bearing ewes

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 217-227

  O'Doherty, J V ^a   Nowakowski, P ^b   Crosby, T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

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EID: 0031913989     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021859697005145     Document Type: Article

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