The effects of treating low dry matter herbage with a bacterial inoculant or formic acid on the intake and performance of lactating dairy cattle

Animal Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-36

  Keady, T W J ^a,b   Murphy, J J ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concentrates; Dairy cows; Milk production; Silage additives; Silage fermentation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; LOLIUM PERENNE; MILETINAE;

EID: 0346422853     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800015526     Document Type: Article

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