Estimating silage energy value and milk yield to rank corn hybrids

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 109, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 1-18

  Schwab, Eric C ^a   Shaver, Randy D ^a   Lauer, Joseph G ^a   Coors, James G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn silage; Dairy cattle; Digestion; Energy; Neutral detergent fiber; Starch

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0141727662     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(03)00210-4     Document Type: Article

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