Effects of feeding ensiled sliced oranges to lactating dairy sheep

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 15-21

  Volanis, M ^a   Zoiopoulos, P ^b   Tzerakis, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Milk composition; Milk yield; Orange silage; Sfakian sheep; Silage quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FRAXINUS; FUNGI; GLYCINE MAX; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 2442570015     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2003.07.011     Document Type: Article

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