Supplementing intensively grazed late-gestation and early-lactation dairy cattle with chromium

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 4269-4277

  Bryan, M A ^a   Socha, M T ^b   Tomlinson, D J ^b  

^a Ctrl Southland Vet Serv Limited   (New Zealand)

^b ZINPRO CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromium; Dairy cattle; Intensive grazing

Indexed keywords

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EID: 10044292720     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73571-7     Document Type: Article

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