Effect of amount of undegradable crude protein in the diets of high-yielding dairy cows on energy balance and reproduction

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-140

  Bruckental, I ^a   Holtzman, M ^a   Kaim, M ^a   Aharoni, Y ^a   Zamwell, S ^b   Voet, H ^b   Arieli, A ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Energy balance; Gluten meal; Insulin; Undegradable CP

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034058663     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(99)00124-4     Document Type: Article

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