Italian ryegrass silage in winter feeding of organic dairy cows: Forage intake, milk yield and composition

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 435-442

  Baldinger, Lisa ^a   Baumung, Roswitha ^a   Zollitsch, Werner ^a   Knaus, Wilhelm F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Italian ryegrass; Nutrition; Organic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLOVER; DAIRYING; DIET; FEMALE; LOLIUM; METHODOLOGY; MILK; ORGANIC FARMING; POACEAE; SILAGE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; LOLIUM; MILK; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; POACEAE; SILAGE; TRIFOLIUM;

BOS; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM;

EID: 78651076692     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4203     Document Type: Article

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