Nutritive value of barley/kale bi-crop silage for lactating dairy cows

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 184-191

  Moorby, J M ^a   Evans, P R ^a   Young, N E ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet digestibility; Feed intake; Milk quality; Milk yield; Nitrogen utilization

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMING; DIET; LACTATION; MILK; NUTRITION; SILAGE;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ACEPHALA; FRIESIA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 0141993542     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2494.2003.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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