Effects of bale moisture and bale diameter on spontaneous heating, dry matter recovery, in vitro true digestibility, and in situ disappearance kinetics of alfalfa-orchardgrass hays

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2853-2874

  Coblentz, W K ^a   Hoffman, P C ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Dry matter loss; Hay; Spontaneous heating

Indexed keywords

DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 67649159047     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1920     Document Type: Article

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