Effect of feeding an energy supplement prepartum and postpartum on milk yield and composition, and incidence of ketosis in dairy cows

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 105, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 81-93

  Mandebvu, P ^a   Ballard, C S ^a   Sniffen, C J ^a   Tsang, D S ^a   Valdez, F ^b   Miyoshi, S ^c   Schlatter, L ^b  

^a William H Miner Agricultural Research Institute   (United States)

^b Kemin Industries Inc   (United States)

^c National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations (ZEN NOH)   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Energy supplement; Ketosis; Milk yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037474997     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(03)00058-0     Document Type: Article

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