Voluntary intake of silages in dairy cows depending on chemical composition and in vitro gas production characteristics

Livestock Science

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-56

  Hetta, M ^a   Cone, J W ^b   Bernes, G ^a   Gustavsson, A M ^a   Martinsson, K ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chemical analysis; In vitro gas production; Regression analysis; Silage; Voluntary intake

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; PHLEUM PRATENSE;

EID: 33845930629     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2006.06.013     Document Type: Article

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