Fermentation and degradation in the rumen of dairy cows fed on diets consisting of silage from an intensively managed sward and silages from semi-natural grasslands

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-88

  Bruinenberg, M H ^a,b   Valk, H ^a   Struik, P C ^a   Van Vuuren, A M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Nutrients Management Institute NMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FERMENTATION; LIVESTOCK; SILAGE;

AVES; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 3242730473     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021859604004046     Document Type: Article

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