Determination of fermentation and digestibility characteristics of corn, sunflower and combination of corn and sunflower silages

Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 707-711

  Demirel, M ^a   Bolat, D ^a   Celik S ^a   Bakici, Y ^b   Eratak, S ^c  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Van Country Management   (Turkey)

^c CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Corn; In vivo digestibility; Mixture silages; Silage quality; Sunflower

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949095217     PISSN: 16805593     EISSN: 1993601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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