Ground ear maize as an alternative forage source for beef cattle in Ireland
Demand for cereal grain from non‐agricultural sources has increased the cost of feed grain in recent months resulting in immense pressure on livestock producers worldwide to find equivalent alternative energy sources.Recently there has been an increased use of other ensiled forages such as maize and whole‐crop cereals (Walsh et al.,2008).Ground ear maize (GEM) is a novel approach to utilising the maize plant as a forage source in Ireland.Essentially it consists of the corn and cob mix with a portion of the leaf still present.The objective of this experiment was to grow,harvest and evaluate GEM as feed source compared to barley grain in beef cattle.
ground ear maize Ireland cattle
P.O Hanlon D.Kenny T.M.Boland G.P.Keane M.B.Lynch
UCD School of Agriculture,Food Science and Veterinary Medicine,Lyons Research Farm,University College Dublin,Newcastle,Co.Dublin,Ireland.
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呼和浩特
英文
2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）