Lactation performance by dairy cows fed supplemental biotin and a B-vitamin blend

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2106-2112

  Majee, D N ^a   Schwab, E C ^a   Bertics, S J ^a   Seymour, W M ^b   Shaver, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

B vitamins; Biotin; Dairy cows; Milk production

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; BIOTIN; FATTY ACID; LACTOSE; LIPID; MILK PROTEIN; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; EATING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATION; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTION; EATING; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; LACTATION; LACTOSE; LIPIDS; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 0141574483     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73800-4     Document Type: Article

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