Silage fermentation and silage additives - Review -

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 483-493

  Bolsen, K K ^a,b   Ashbell, G ^a   Weinberg, Z G ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Additives; Bacterial Inoculants; Ensiling Process; Fermentation; Silage Preservation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA; ENTEROBACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; MILETINAE; SILO;

EID: 0348244447     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.1996.483     Document Type: Review

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