Effects of varying the degree of synchrony of energy and nitrogen release in the rumen on the synthesis of microbial protein in lactating dairy cows consuming a diet of grass silage and a cereal-based concentrate

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1441-1447

  Kim, Kyoung H ^a   Choung, Jai Jun ^a   Chamberlain, David G ^a  

^a HANNAH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate supplements; Dairy cow; Grass silage; Rumen synchrony

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DIGESTION; FERMENTATION; LACTATION; MALTODEXTRIN; MICROBE METABOLISM; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PROTEIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0032792332     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199908)79:11<1441::AID-JSFA385>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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