TY  - JA
AU  - Boever,J.L.de
AU  - Boucque,C.V.
AU  - Brabander,D.L.de
AU  - Smet,A.M.de
AU  - Vanacker,J.M.
TI  - Evaluation of physical structure. 2. Maize silage
SN  - 0022-0302
U1  - 94-093226 
PY  - 1993///
KW  - Animal feeding
KW  - Artiodactyla
KW  - Behaviour
KW  - Bovidae
KW  - Bovinae
KW  - Cattle
KW  - Cereals
KW  - AGROVOC
KW  - Developmental stages
KW  - Digestion
KW  - Dimensions
KW  - Domestic animals
KW  - Feed composition
KW  - Feeding habits
KW  - Feeds
KW  - Fermented products
KW  - Livestock
KW  - Mammals
KW  - Physiological functions
KW  - Plant products
KW  - Processed products
KW  - Proximate composition
KW  - Ruminants
KW  - Useful animals
N2  - Physical structure of 14 maize silages was investigated; chewing activity was measured with eight cows over 4 d. Silages were harvested from the milk dough dent to the hard dough dent stages of maturity and chopped at lengths of 4 to 16 mm. Silages were fed for ad libitum intake and were supplemented with 2 kg of soybean meal. Eating, ruminating, and total chewing indexes varied from 16.5 to 25.3, 34.3 to 50.2, and 50.8 to 75.5 min/kg of silage DMI, respectively. Ruminating and total chewing indexes decreased as maturity stage increased. Eating index was not significantly affected by chopping to 4 to 8 mm lengths but was higher for the
T2  - Journal of Dairy Science
ER  -