Grass silage: Factors affecting efficiency of N utilisation in milk production

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 35-50

  Huhtanen, P ^a   Shingfield, K J ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Grass silage; Microbial protein synthesis; Nutrient balance; Protein degradation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899285840     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-553-6     Document Type: Chapter

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