Ruminal digestion and fermentation of high-producing dairy cows with three different feeding systems combining pasture and total mixed rations

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2964-2973

  Bargo, F ^a,b   Muller, L D ^a   Varga, G A ^a   Delahoy, J E ^a   Cassidy, T W ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dairy Nutrition Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

In situ digestion; Partial total mixed ration; Pasture; Rumen fermentation

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

AMMONIA; DETERGENT; FAT; MILK PROTEIN; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; RUMINANT STOMACH; SECRETION;

AMMONIA; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DETERGENTS; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; FATS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTATION; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; POACEAE; RUMEN;

EID: 0036835039     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74382-8     Document Type: Article

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