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Examining the Effects of Whole Crop Wheat Silage on Ewe Performance during Late Gestation Compared to Traditional Grass Silage across Three Prolific Breed Types

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Nutrition of the ewe during late pregnancy can impact the subsequent performance of the ewe and her lambs. In indoor lambing systems, grass silage is the predominant forage used but is of sub-optimal quality. This study examined the potential of whole crop cereal silage when offered...

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Autores principales: Higgins, Jonathan T., Campion, Dermot, Jones, Joe, Lott, Stephen, Lynch, M. Bridget, McEvoy, Mary, McGovern, Fiona, Boland, Tommy M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7552157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32887295
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani10091554