The effect of corn silage particle size and cottonseed hulls on cows in early lactation

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2438-2451

  Kononoff, P J ^a,b   Heinrichs, A J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Renaissance Nutrition Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

And cottonseed hulls; Forage particle length; Rumination

Indexed keywords

MICROPUS; ZEA MAYS;

COTTON SEED OIL; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; EATING; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; LACTATION; MAIZE; MASTICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; RUMINANT STOMACH; SILAGE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; COTTONSEED OIL; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; EATING; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTATION; MASTICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT COMPONENTS; RUMEN; SILAGE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0141832095     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73838-7     Document Type: Article

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