Estimating the Available Energy Content of Feeds for Dairy Cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 830-839

  Weiss, W P ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Energy models; Net energy

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; DIGESTION; FEMALE; LACTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CATTLE; DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032019847     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75641-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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