Sources of variation in milk urea nitrogen in Ohio dairy herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1653-1661

  Rajala Schultz, P J ^a   Saville, W J A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Milk urea nitrogen; Multi level modeling; Variation

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; UREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; NITROGEN; OHIO; SEASONS; UREA;

EID: 0042308598     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73751-5     Document Type: Article

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