The voluntary intake, growth rate and tissue retention of cattle fed grass or legume silage
Waldo, D.R.; Thomson, D.J.; Goering, H.K.; Tyrrell, H.F.
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 41(1): 24A
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0029-6651 Accession: 001020531
Early and late cut cocksfoot and lucerne silages (GE, GL, LE and LL, resp.) were fed ad lib. to Holstein steers for 130 days. ME intake was 81.7, 64.3, 63.8 and 47.9 MJ/day and liveweight gain 1041, 903, 859 and 613 g/day on LE, LL, GE and GL, resp.
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