Improving energy supply to late gestation and early postpartum dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1765-1778

  Dann, H M ^a,b   Varga, G A ^a   Putnam, D E ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Energy; Transition cow

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FOOD HANDLING; GESTATIONAL AGE; LACTATION; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RUMINANT STOMACH; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CATTLE; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FOOD HANDLING; GESTATIONAL AGE; LACTATION; MILK; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RUMEN; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033176293     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(99)75407-X     Document Type: Article

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