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The potential of a range of maize silages, included as a component of grass silage based diets, to increase the dry matter and energy intakes of finishing beef cattle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

R.M. Kirkland ,
R.W.J. Steen ,
F.J. Gordon  and
T.W.J. Keady
R.M. Kirkland
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down BT26 6DR, U.K.
R.W.J. Steen
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down BT26 6DR, U.K.
F.J. Gordon
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down BT26 6DR, U.K.
T.W.J. Keady
Affiliation:
The Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down BT26 6DR, U.K.
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The inclusion of maize silage in grass silage based diets may offer the potential to improve productivity on farms due to associative effects resulting from mixed-forage diets on nutrient supply to the animal. The objective of the present study was to examine the effects on dry matter (DM) and metabolisable energy (ME) intakes of beef cattle of offering forage mixtures comprising grass and maize silages of differing qualities.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2002 , 2002 , pp. 115
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2002

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