Effect of Time of Initiating Dietary Fat Supplementation on Performance and Reproduction of Early Lactation Dairy Cows

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 182-187

  Son, J ^a,b   Larson, L L ^a   Grant, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fat Supplementation; Lactation; Reproduction; Time of Initiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034406328     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2000.182     Document Type: Article

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