Apparent digestibility and nitrogen utilisation of diets based on maize and grass silage fed to beef steers

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 55-68

  Browne, E M ^a,b   Juniper, D T ^a   Bryant, M J ^a   Beever, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Meat and Livestock Commission   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apparent digestibility; Associative; Grass silage; Maize silage

Indexed keywords

FRIESIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 15944380954     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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