The effects of ensiling and supplementation with sucrose and fish meal on forage intake and milk production of lactating dairy cows

Animal Science

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-20

  Keady, T W J ^a,b   Murphy, J J ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Fish meal; Food intake; Silage making; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031996098     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800008791     Document Type: Article

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