Chemical composition, ensiling characteristics, and apparent digestibility of summer annual forages in a saubtropical double-cropping system with annual ryegrass

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 177-182

  Ward, J D ^a   Redfearn, D D ^a   McCormick, M E ^a   Cuomo, G J ^b  

^a Louisiana State University Agricultural Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forage sorghum; Pearl millet; Silage quality; Tropical corn

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DIGESTION; EATING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; LOLIUM; MAIZE; MILLET; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SILAGE; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIGESTION; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LOLIUM; PANICUM; PROTEINS; SEASONS; SILAGE; SOLUBILITY; ZEA MAYS;

LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0035219982     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74467-0     Document Type: Article

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