Ensiled maize and whole crop wheat forages for beef and dairy cattle: Effects on animal performance

Silage Production and Utilisation: Proceedings of the XIVth International Silage Conference, a Satellite Workshop of the XXth International Grassland Congress, July 2005, Belfast, Northern Ireland

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 65-82

  Keady, T W J ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcass gain; Cost of production; Grass silage; Maize silage; Milk yield; Whole crop wheat silage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899208122     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-553-6     Document Type: Chapter

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