Supplementation of Rumen-Undegradable Protein to the Diets of Early Lactation Holstein Cows on Grass Pasture

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2204-2214

  Hongerholt, D D ^a,b   Muller, L D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hubbard Milling Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Grain supplementation; Lactating cows; Pasture; Rumen undegradable protein

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GLUTEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; LACTATION; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RUMINANT STOMACH; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CATTLE; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTION; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GLUTEN; LACTATION; RUMEN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032134084     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75799-6     Document Type: Article

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