The effects of and interactions between the maturity of grass silage and concentrate starch source when offered as total mixed rations on the performance of dairy cows

Animal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 580-590

  Tahir, M N ^a   Lund, P ^b   Hetta, M ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

concentrate starch source; digestibility; dry matter intake; grass silage maturity; milk production and composition

Indexed keywords

STARCH;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HORDEUM; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHLEUM PRATENSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SILAGE; SWEDEN; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIGESTION; FEMALE; HORDEUM; PHLEUM; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN; SILAGE; STARCH; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALIA; HORDEUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84876909012     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731112001942     Document Type: Article

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