Nutritional management of the pregnant dairy cow to optimize health, lactation and reproductive performance

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 13-26

  Van Saun, Robert J ^a   Sniffen, Charles J ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b William H Miner Agricultural Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Energy; Fetal nutrition; Prepartum nutrition; Protein

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0001922009     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-8401(95)00883-7     Document Type: Article

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