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The effect of grass and maize silage quality on diet digestibility and performance of beef cattle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

R.M. Kirkland  and
D.C. Patterson
R.M. Kirkland
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down BT26 6DR, U.K.
D.C. Patterson
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down BT26 6DR, U.K.
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A preliminary study at this Institute indicated that inclusion of high quality maize silage in a grass silage-based diet could promote higher forage intakes in beef cattle, but the response to inclusion of maize silage was affected by the quality of grass silage. The objective of this study was to further examine the effects of grass (GS) and maize (MS) silage qualities on intake characteristics, and to evaluate the influence of forage offered on animal performance.

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Ruminant Nutrition
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2003 , 2003 , pp. 10
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2003

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