Silages of Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu harvested at two regrowth ages: Microbial inoculant responses in silage fermentation, ruminant digestion and beef cattle performance

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 208, Issue , 2015, Pages 33-43

  Cezário, Andrea Santos ^a   Ribeiro, Karina Guimarães ^a   Santos, Stefanie Alvarenga ^b   Valadares Filho, Sebastião de Campos ^a   Pereira, Odilon Gomes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Lactic acid; Microbial efficiency; Nitrogen balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940794550     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2015.06.025     Document Type: Article

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