Diet Choice by Dairy Cows. 1. Selection of Feed Protein Content during the First Half of Lactation

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2657-2669

  Tolkamp, B J ^a   Dewhurst, R J ^b   Friggens, N C ^a,c   Kyriazakis, I ^a   Veerkamp, R F ^a,d   Oldham, J D ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cows; Diet selection; Lactation; Protein

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; LACTATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RUMINANT STOMACH; TIME;

AMMONIA; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; LACTATION; NITROGEN; RUMEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032174964     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75823-0     Document Type: Article

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