Feeding silages

Silage Science and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 469-504

  Weiss, William P ^a   Chamberlain, David G ^b   Hunt, Carl W ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HANNAH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Altered ruminal fermentation; Carbohydrate fermentation; Feeding silages; Fermented silages; High dry matter silages; Microbial protein synthesis; Nutritional concepts

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102913105     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr42.c10     Document Type: Chapter

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