Ensiling of high wilted grass-clover mixture by use of different additives to improve quality

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica - Section A: Animal Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 197-205

  Knicky M ^a   Lingvall, P ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Benzoate; Bisulphite; Clostridia; Fermentation; Hexamine; Losses; Nitrate; Nitrite; Propionic acid; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 15744382993     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064700410010017     Document Type: Article

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