Effects of replacing grass silage harvested at two maturity stages with maize silage in the ration upon the intake, digestibility and N retention in wether sheep

Livestock Science

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-92

  Vranić, Marina ^a   Knezevic M ^a   Bosnjak K ^a   Leto, J ^a   Perculija G ^a   Matic I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Grass silage; Intake; Maize silage; N retention

Indexed keywords

DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; OVIS ARIES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 40049097701     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.04.011     Document Type: Article

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