Choices by lactating cows between concentrates high or low in digestible undegraded protein

Animal Science

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 515-525

  Lawson, R E ^a   Redfern, E J ^a   Forbes, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice feeding; Concentrates; Dairy cows; Grass silage; Milk protein yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034195632     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800051869     Document Type: Article

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