Effect of maize crop maturity on silage chemical composition and digestibility (in vivo, in situ and in vitro)

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 37-43

  Di Marco, O N ^a   Aello, M S ^a   Nomdedeu, M ^a   Van Houtte, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Corn silage; Crop maturity; In situ and in vitro digestibility; In vivo

Indexed keywords

LAMB; OVIS ARIES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037199979     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(02)00077-9     Document Type: Article

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