Corn silage or high moisture corn supplements for beef heifers grazing temperate pastures: Effects on performance, ruminal fermentation and in situ pasture digestion

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 63-78

  Abdelhadi, L O ^a,b,c,d   Santini, F J ^c   Gagliostro, G A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^d El Encuentro Res Exten Farm R   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Grazing; Pasture degradability; Ruminal environment; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 10644259607     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2004.09.007     Document Type: Article

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