Silage production and utilization: proceedings of the XIVth International Silage Conference, a satellite workshop of the XXth International Grassland Congress, July 2005, Belfast, Northern Ireland

This book is essential reading for all those involved in forage conservation and provides a fascinating insight into current practices and the science underpinning forage conservation. Key subject areas include opportunities to enhance the fermentation process through crop manipulation prior to ensi...

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Corporate Author: International Silage Conference < 2005, Belfast, Northern Ireland> (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Wageningen Wageningen Academic Publishers 2005
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Summary:This book is essential reading for all those involved in forage conservation and provides a fascinating insight into current practices and the science underpinning forage conservation. Key subject areas include opportunities to enhance the fermentation process through crop manipulation prior to ensiling and the use of bacterial additives applied during ensiling. Latest developments in techniques for chemical and biological characterisation of silages are reviewed, including grass silage, alternative forages (whole crop wheat and maize silage) and tropical forages. The book also focuses on current developments in feeding of beef and dairy cattle with conserved forage with particular emphasis on factors influencing intake, digestion and animal performance. Overall this is an important reference book, which provides an excellent overview of current developments in forage conservation and utilization of conserved forage in animal production systems
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Keynote presentations -- 1A. Effect of conserved feeds on milk production -- 1B. Effect of conserved feeds on meat production -- 2. Alternative forages -- 3. Developments in ensiling techniques -- 3A. Developments in ensiling: Silage fermentation -- 3B. Developments in ensiling: Aerobic stability -- 3C. Developments in ensiling: Nutritive value -- 3D. Developments in ensiling: Big bale silage production -- 4. Ensilage of tropical forages -- 5. Chemical and biological characterisation of silages. - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (287 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9789086865536
9086865534
DOI:10.3920/978-90-8686-553-6

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