Effects of Dietary Supplementation on Nutrient Digestion and the Milk Yield of Intensively Grazed Lactating Dairy Cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3283-3292

  Jones Endsley, J M ^a   Cecava, M J ^a,b   Johnson, T R ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b Research and Technology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid flow; Dairy cattle; Intensive grazing

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; LACTATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RUMINANT STOMACH;

AMMONIA; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; LACTATION; NITROGEN; RUMEN;

EID: 0031309967     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(97)76303-3     Document Type: Article

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