Effect of different dietary geometric mean particle length and particle size distribution of oat silage on feeding behavior and productive performance of dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 698-710

  Leonardi, C ^a   Shinners, K J ^b   Armentano, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometric mean particle length; Oat silage; Particle size distribution

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; FLOS; ZEA MAYS;

LIPID; MILK PROTEIN; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FOOD HANDLING; LACTATION; MAIZE; MASTICATION; MILK; OAT; PARITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; SILAGE;

ANIMALS; AVENA SATIVA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; DIET; EATING; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FOOD HANDLING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTATION; LIPIDS; MASTICATION; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; PARITY; PARTICLE SIZE; RUMEN; SILAGE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 15044342090     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)72734-X     Document Type: Article

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