Effect of the stage of maturity on the nutritive value of whole crop wheat silage

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-32

  Crovetto, G M ^a   Galassi, G ^a   Rapetti, L ^a   Sandrucci, A ^a   Tamburini, A ^a  

^a Istituto Zootecnia Generale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Energy metabolism; Plant maturity; Wheat silage

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0038536596     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(98)00125-0     Document Type: Article

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