Response of Lactating Dairy Cows to Various Densities of Sorghum Grain

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1681-1685

  Santos, F A F ^a,b   Huber, J T ^a   Theurer, C B ^a   Swingle, R S ^a,c   Simas, J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cows; Lactation; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; GLYCINE MAX; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MICROPUS;

COTTON SEED OIL; STARCH;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CATTLE; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZATION; SECRETION; SOYBEAN; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CEREALS; COTTONSEED OIL; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; LACTATION; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MILK; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOYBEANS; STARCH;

EID: 0031159316     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.7561681x     Document Type: Article

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