A comparison of low starch maize silage and grass silage and the effect of concentrate supplementation of the forages or inclusion of maize grain with the maize silage on milk production by dairy cows

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-111

  Fitzgerald, J J ^a   Murphy, J J ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Concentrates; Forage intake; Maize silage; Milk production; Starch content

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032989656     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(98)00200-0     Document Type: Article

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