Field yield, ensiling properties and digestibility by sheep of silages from two forage sorghum varieties

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 203-215

  Miron, Joshua ^a   Zuckerman, Efraim ^b   Adin, Gabriel ^b   Nikbachat, Moshe ^a   Yosef, Edith ^a   Zenou, Abraham ^a   Weinberg, Zwi G ^a   Solomon, Ran ^b   Ben Ghedalia, Daniel ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

Author keywords

BMR sorghum; Digestibility by sheep; Ensiling; Sorghum composition

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34447108130     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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