Intake, Milk Yield, and Digestion by Dairy Cows Fed Diets with Increasing Fiber Content from Bermudagrass Hay or Silage

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1599-1607

  West, J W ^a   Mandebvu, P ^a   Hill, G M ^a   Gates, R N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bermudagrass; Fiber; Intake; Lactation

Indexed keywords

LIPID; MILK PROTEIN; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; EATING; FEMALE; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; RUMINANT STOMACH; SILAGE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; EATING; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTATION; LIPIDS; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; POACEAE; RUMEN; SILAGE;

EID: 0032087828     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75726-1     Document Type: Article

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