Voluntary intake and diet selection by dairy heifers fed ensiled whole-crop barley and oats harvested at different stages of maturity

Livestock Science

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-98

  Wallsten, Johanna ^a   Nadeau, Elisabet ^a   Bertilsson, Jan ^a   Martinsson, Kjell ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Avena sativa; Diet selection; Hordeum vulgare; Intake; Whole crop cereal silage

Indexed keywords

AVENA; AVENA SATIVA; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 62049084669     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.07.031     Document Type: Article

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