Effects of stage of maturity and microbial inoculation at harvest on nutritive quality and degradability of grain sorghum whole-plant and head-chop silages

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 175-185

  Abdelhadi, L O ^a   Tricarico, J M ^b  

^a Research and Extension Farm in Ruminant Nutrition   (Argentina)

^b ALLTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Grain sorghum; Head chop; Inoculant; Silage; Whole plant

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67650158439     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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