Influence of corn silage particle length on the performance of lactating dairy cows fed supplemental tallow

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2949-2957

  Onetti, S G ^a   Shaver, R D ^a   Bertics, S J ^a   Grummer, R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn silage; Milk fat; Particle size; Tallow

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; ZEA MAYS;

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; FAT; LIPID; PROPIONIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FOOD HANDLING; LACTATION; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RUMINANT STOMACH; SILAGE; TALLOW;

ACETIC ACID; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; FATS; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FOOD HANDLING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTATION; LIPIDS; MILK; PARTICLE SIZE; PROPIONIC ACIDS; RUMEN; SILAGE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0642371563     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73892-2     Document Type: Article

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