Feeding value of jambo grass silage and mott grass silage for lactating Nili buffaloes

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 523-528

  Touqir, N A ^a   Khan, M Ajmal ^a,b   Sarwar, M ^a   Mahr un Nisa, ^a   Ali, C S ^a   Lee, W S ^b   Lee, H J ^b   Kim, H S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Digestibility; Jambo grass; Milk yield; Mott grass; Silage

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PENNISETUM PURPUREUM;

EID: 34247107108     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2007.523     Document Type: Review

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