Comparison of feeding corn silages from leafy or conventional corn hybrids to lactating dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2932-2939

  Nennich, T D ^a,d   Linn, J G ^a   Johnson, D G ^b   Endres, M I ^a   Jung, H G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn silage hybrid; Dairy cow; Nutrient digestibility

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; FRAXINUS; ZEA MAYS;

LIPID; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CHIMERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; MAIZE; MILK; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SILAGE;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CHIMERA; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FEMALE; LACTATION; LIPIDS; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PARTICLE SIZE; SILAGE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0642371569     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73890-9     Document Type: Article

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