The metabolisable energy requirement for maintenance and the efficiency of use of metabolisable energy for lactation and tissue gain in dairy cows offered a straw/concentrate ration

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-31

  Kirkland, R M ^a   Gordon, F J ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body condition; Calorimetry; Dairy cow; Energy utilisation; Genotype

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032887616     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(99)00046-9     Document Type: Article

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