Effect of supplementing barley straw with lucerne silage or cottonseed meal on diet digestibility and growth rate of steers

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 218, Issue , 2016, Pages 84-92

  Zhuoga, X ^a   Wilkins, J F ^a,b   Friend, M A ^a,c   Piltz, J W ^a,b  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barley straw; Cottonseed meal; Digestibility; Liveweight gain; Lucerne silage; Steers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973931498     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2016.05.010     Document Type: Article

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