Silage chop length and hay supplementation on milk yield, chewing activity, and ruminal digestion by dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3599-3608

  Couderc, J J ^a   Rearte, D H ^b   Schroeder, G F ^a,b   Ronchi, J I ^b   Santini, F J ^b  

^a Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chewing activity; Corn silage; Long hay; Particle size

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33748121234     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72399-2     Document Type: Article

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