Dry matter and nutritional losses during aerobic deterioration of corn and sorghum silages as influenced by different lactic acid bacteria inocula

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1409-1419

  Tabacco, E ^a   Righi, F ^b   Quarantelli, A ^b   Borreani, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerobic deterioration; Corn silage; Nutritional losses; Sorghum silage

Indexed keywords

AIR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FOOD CONTROL; LACTOBACILLUS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; SILAGE; SORGHUM; TIME;

AIR; ANIMALS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LACTOBACILLUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SILAGE; SORGHUM; TIME FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS BUCHNERI; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79951684487     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3538     Document Type: Article

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