Effects of urea or urea plus molasses supplementation to silages with different sorghum varieties harvested at the milk stage on the quality and in vitro dry matter digestibility of silages

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1143-1147

  Keskin, Bilal ^a   Yilmaz, Ibrahim H ^a   Karsli, M Akif ^a   Nursoy, Hüseyin ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

In vitro digestibility; Silage quality; Sorghum silage; Sorghum varieties

Indexed keywords

EID: 32644442439     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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