Effects of cutting height and maturity on the nutritive value of corn silage for lactating cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2163-2169

  Neylon, J M ^a   Kung Jr , L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn silage; Height of cutting; Silage maturity

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; ZEA MAYS;

LACTIC ACID; LIGNIN; STARCH; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYBRIDIZATION; LACTATION; MAIZE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SILAGE;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTATION; LACTIC ACID; LIGNIN; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT PROTEINS; SILAGE; STARCH; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0141685970     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73806-5     Document Type: Article

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