Digestibility of whole-crop barley and oat silages in dairy heifers

Animal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 432-438

  Wallsten, J ^a   Bertilsson, J ^a   Nadeau, E ^a   Martinsson, K ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Avena sativa; Hordeum vulgare; Maturity; Utilization; Whole crop cereal silage

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 77951255225     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731109991212     Document Type: Article

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