The effect of silage cutting height on the nutritive value of a normal corn silage hybrid compared with brown midrib corn silage fed to lactating cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1451-1457

  Kung Jr , L ^a   Moulder, B M ^a   Mulrooney, C M ^a   Teller, R S ^a   Schmidt, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown midrib corn; Corn silage; Dairy cow; Digestibility

Indexed keywords

BOS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 42449144321     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0236     Document Type: Article

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