Dose Response of Dairy Cows to Abomasal Administration of Four Amounts of L-Carnitine

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 591-602

  LaCount, D W ^a   Emmert, L S ^a   Drackley, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnitine; Dairy cows; Fat

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

AMINO ACID; CARNITINE; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; URINE;

ABOMASUM; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CARNITINE; CATTLE; DIGESTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; NITROGEN;

EID: 0030117879     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(96)76404-4     Document Type: Article

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