Storage characteristics, nutritive value, energy content, and in vivo digestibility of moist, large rectangular bales of alfalfa-orchardgrass hay treated with a propionic acid-based preservative11Mention of trade names or commercial products in this article is solely for the purpose of providing specific information, and does not imply either recommendation or endorsement by the US Depa

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2521-2535

  Coblentz, W K ^a   Coffey, K P ^b   Young, A N ^b   Bertram, M G ^c  

^a US Dairy Forage Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c Hancock Agricultural Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Apparent digestibility; Hay; Spontaneous heating

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRESERVATIVE; PROPIONIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; DACTYLIS; DIGESTION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PRESERVATION; HEAT; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; SHEEP;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; DACTYLIS; DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; HOT TEMPERATURE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PROPIONATES; SHEEP;

DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84875535206     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-6145     Document Type: Article

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