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THE EFFECT OF PRE‐WILTING HERBAGE ON THE COMPOSITION OF SILAGE AND ITS INTAKE BY COWS
Author(s) -
Murdoch J. C.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
grass and forage science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1365-2494
pISSN - 0142-5242
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2494.1960.tb00157.x
Subject(s) - silage , dry matter , wilting , lactic acid , composition (language) , agronomy , zoology , chemistry , biology , food science , bacteria , linguistics , philosophy , genetics
Lucerne was ensiled at various dry matter contents, within the range of 19·8% to 39·6%. An increase was found in lactic acid production, with a consequent decrease in volatile acid and volatile base content, up to the level of 33·9% dry matter. The dry matter intake of cows was increased by feeding silage with a high dry matter content.