Milk Urea Nitrogen as a Tool to Monitor the Protein Nutrition of Dairy Cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3333-3340

  Hof, G ^a   Vervoorn, M D ^a   Lenaers, P J ^a   Tamminga, S ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cows; Milk; Protein nutrition; Urea

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

MILK PROTEIN; NITROGEN; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RUMINANT STOMACH;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; NITROGEN; RUMEN; UREA;

EID: 0031305754     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(97)76309-4     Document Type: Article

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