Relationships among Absorbents on the Reduction of Grass Silage Effluent and Silage Quality

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2633-2644

  Fransen, S C ^a   Strubi, F J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbents; Grass silage; Silage effluent; Silage quality

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBOHYDRATE; LACTIC ACID; PROTEIN; RAIN; VOLATILE FATTY ACID; WATER;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BARLEY; DESICCATION; DIGESTION; GOOSEFOOT; PH; POACEAE; QUALITY CONTROL; SEASON; SILAGE;

AMMONIA; CARBOHYDRATES; CHENOPODIACEAE; DESICCATION; DIGESTION; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; HORDEUM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTIC ACID; MEDICAGO SATIVA; POACEAE; PROTEINS; QUALITY CONTROL; RAIN; SEASONS; SILAGE; WATER;

EID: 0032175128     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75821-7     Document Type: Article

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