The Effect of Replacing Grass with Urea Treated Fresh Rice Straw in Dairy Cow Diet

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1090-1097

  Man, Ngo Van ^a   Wiktorsson, Hans ^a,b  

^a NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Degradation; Elephant Grass; Feed Intake; Milk Yield; Urea Treated Rice Straw

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; ELEPHANT; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM;

EID: 0035593267     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2001.1090     Document Type: Article

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