Performance of beef cattle fed diets based on ammoniated silage and corn;Desempenho de bovinos de corte alimentados com dietas à base de silagens e rolão de milho amonizados

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 466-473

  Neiva, José Neuman Miranda ^a   Garcia, Rasmo ^b   Valadares Filho, Sebastião De Campos ^b   Pereira, Odilon Gomes ^b   Pires, Aureliano José Vieira ^c   Da Silva, Heider Assis ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO SUDOESTE DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ammoniation; Animal performance; Corn fodder; Corn silage; Feedlot

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142547489     PISSN: 01004859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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