Comparison of Barley, Hull-less Barley, and Corn in the Concentrate of Dairy Cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2885-2895

  Yang, W Z ^a   Beauchemin, K A ^a   Farr, B I ^a   Rode, L M ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barley; Corn; Digestibility; Hull less barley

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

LACTOSE; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BARLEY; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTION; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; KINETICS; LACTATION; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; SILAGE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DIGESTION; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HORDEUM; KINETICS; LACTATION; LACTOSE; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; RUMEN; SILAGE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031264193     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(97)76253-2     Document Type: Article

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