Performance, feeding behaviour and rumen ph profile of beef cattle fed corn silage in combination with barley grain, corn or wheat distillers' grain or wheat middlings

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 703-710

  Holtshausen, L ^a   Beauchemin, K A ^a   Schwartzkopf Genswein, K S ^a   Gonzalez L A ^a,b   Mcallister, T A ^a   Gibb, D J ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Distillers' grain; Feeding behaviour; Wheat middlings

Indexed keywords

BOS; HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84861125852     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: 19181825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/cjas2011-037     Document Type: Article

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