Performance of Lactating Dairy Cows Fed Red Clover or Alfalfa Silage

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3308-3315

  Hoffman, P C ^a   Combs, D K ^a   Brehm, N M ^a   Welch, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Lactation; Red clover

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

MILK PROTEIN;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; LACTATION; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; SILAGE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTATION; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MILK PROTEINS; SILAGE;

EID: 0031306039     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(97)76306-9     Document Type: Article

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