Performance of lactating dairy cows fed corn as whole plant silage and grain produced from a glyphosate-tolerant hybrid (event NK603)

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1734-1741

  Ipharraguerre, I R ^a   Younker, R S ^a,c   Clark, J H ^a   Stanisiewski, E P ^b   Hartnell, G F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^c Milk Specialties Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetically enhanced crops; Glyphosate tolerant corn; Production by dairy cattle

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; ZEA MAYS;

DRUG DERIVATIVE; FAT; GLYCINE; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; LACTOSE; MILK PROTEIN; NITROGEN; UREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DIET; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; MAIZE; MILK; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; SILAGE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; DIET; DRUG TOLERANCE; FATS; FEMALE; GLYCINE; HERBICIDES; LACTATION; LACTOSE; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; NITROGEN; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SILAGE; UREA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0041807792     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73759-X     Document Type: Article

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