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A comparison of silage and dried common reed (phragmites australis) for finishing male calves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

A. R. Aghashahi  and
A. Nikkhah
A. R. Aghashahi*
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tehran University, Karaj, Iran.
A. Nikkhah
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tehran University, Karaj, Iran.
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Email:ahri@abdnet.com
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The common reed (CR) is one of the plants which grows in some area of Iran and other world countries especially in coastal wetlands. Feed resource restriction is the most problem in animal production in some area and native plants have a key role. Ensiling may improve the quality of crop or decrease by high fermentation. These effects depend on stage of growth, chemical composition, dry matter and nutrients of plant, and final effect is not as same as for all crops. For understanding the effect of ensiling on quality of each plant must be investigate. For this reasons goals of this experiment was investigation on various methods of utilization of CR for finishing male calves and comparison with alfalfa.

Type
Cattle Nutrition
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2003 , 2003 , pp. 114
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2003

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References

Steen, R. W. J. and Chalett, A. 1988. A comparison of silage-based and dried forage based diets for finishing beef cattle. Animal Production 47: 29–37 Google Scholar