Digestibility by sheep of direct cut alfalfa silage made with ozonated cotton stalks

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 311-317

  Miron, Joshua ^a   Ben Ghedalia, Daniel ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alfalfa silage; Digestibility; Monosaccharide components; Ozonated cotton stalks; Silage additive

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 30244559281     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(97)00014-X     Document Type: Article

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