Supplementation of Dairy Cows with Nitrogen Molasses Mineral Blocks and Molasses Urea Mix during the Dry Season

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 735-741

  Plaizier, J C B ^a   Nkya, R ^a,b   Shem, M N ^a,b   Urio, N A ^a,b   McBride, B W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Dairy Cattle; Dry Season; Molasses; Nutrition; Urea

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033418918     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.1999.735     Document Type: Article

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