Fermentative quality of guineagrass silage by using fermented juice of the epiphytic lactic acid bacteria (FJLB) as a silage additive

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 807-811

  Bureenok, S ^a   Namihira, T ^a   Tamaki, M ^a   Mizumachi, S ^a   Kawamoto, Y ^a   Nakada, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epiphytic Lactic Acid Bacteria; Guineagrass; Silage; Silage Additives

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UROCHLOA MAXIMA;

EID: 19744363243     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2005.807     Document Type: Article

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