Effect of ensiling alfalfa at low and high dry matter on production of milk used to make Grana cheese

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2494-2502

  Colombari, G ^a   Borreani, G ^b   Crovetto, G M ^c  

^a Regione Lombardia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alfalfa silage; Cheese quality; Clostridial spores; Milk quality

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEESE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECRETION; SILAGE; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHEESE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DETERGENTS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MILK; SILAGE;

EID: 0035513202     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74700-5     Document Type: Article

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