Use of milk urea nitrogen to improve dairy cow diets

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 939-946

  Jonker, J S ^a,c   Kohn, R A ^a   High, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Lancaster Dairy Herd Improvement A   (United States)

^c Bd Agric Nat Rsrc Natl Res C   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy farming; Milk urea nitrogen; Nonpoint N; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

NITROGEN; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MILK; NITROGEN; UREA;

EID: 0036528106     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74152-0     Document Type: Article

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