Voluntary intake and in vivo digestibility of forages from semi-natural grasslands in dairy cows

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 219-235

  Bruinenberg, M H ^a   Valk, H ^a   Struik, P C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Grass intake; Grass species

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMING; DIGESTIBILITY; FORAGE;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 84876504189     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-5214(03)80017-9     Document Type: Article

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