Intake, performance and carcass characteristics of beef cattle offered diets based on whole-crop wheat or forage maize relative to grass silage or ad libitum concentrates

Livestock Science

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 223-236

  Walsh, K ^a,b   O'Kiely, P ^a   Moloney, A P ^a   Boland, T M ^b  

^a GRANGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ad libitum concentrates; Cattle; Feed intake; Growth rate; Maize; Whole crop wheat

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 44449176539     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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