Feeding behaviour, food intake and milk production responses of lactating dairy cows to diets based on grass silage of high or low dry-matter content, supplemented with quickly and slowly fermentable energy sources

Animal Science

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 349-357

  Romney, D L ^a,d   Blunn, V ^b   Sanderson, R ^c   Leaver, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Feeding behaviour; Food intake; Milk production

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034287790     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135772980005520X     Document Type: Article

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