Milk Production in High Producing Dairy Cows as Influenced by Corn Silage Quality

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 302-311

  Cherney, D J R ^a   Cherney, J H ^b   Chase, L E ^a   Cox, W J ^b  

^a Department of Animal Science ^*  (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown Midrib; Corn Silage; Digestibility; Leafy; Milk Production

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008146359     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31319-X     Document Type: Article

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