Stylosanthes cv. Campo Grande silage with or without concentrate in sheep diets: Nutritional value and ruminal fermentation

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 126, Issue , 2015, Pages 34-39

  da Silva, T C ^a   Pereira, O G ^a   Agarussi, M C N ^a   da Silva, V P ^a   da Silva, L D ^a   Cardoso, L L ^a   Ribeiro, K G ^a   Valadares Filho, S C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Intake; Microbial protein synthesis; Tropical legumes

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES; STYLOSANTHES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84929044720     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2015.03.011     Document Type: Article

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