Supplementing barley or rapeseed meal to dairy cows fed grass-red clover silage: I. Rumen degradability and microbial flow

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2176-2187

  Ahvenjarvi S ^a   Vanhatalo, A ^a   Huhtanen, P ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dairy Cows; Rumen Bacteria; Rumen Metabolism; Rumen Protozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; PROTOZOA; SINAPIS ARVENSIS; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BARLEY; CATTLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTOZOON; RUMINANT STOMACH; SECRETION; SILAGE; TURNIP; URINE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BRASSICA RAPA; CATTLE; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HORDEUM; LACTATION; MILK; NITROGEN; OMASUM; POACEAE; PROTOZOA; RUMEN; SILAGE;

EID: 0036691271     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2002.8082176x     Document Type: Article

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