The effects of concentrate energy source on silage intake and animal performance with lactating dairy cows offered a range of grass silages

Animal Science

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-33

  Keady, T W J ^a   Mayne, C S ^a   Marsden, M ^b  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b AB Enzymes GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Concentrates; Dairy cows; Grass silage; Milk composition; Milk production

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031993906     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800008808     Document Type: Article

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