Reducing dry period length to simplify feeding transition cows: Milk production, energy balance, and metabolic profiles

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1004-1014

  Rastani, R R ^a   Grummer, R R ^a   Bertics, S J ^a   Gumen A ^a   Wiltbank, M C ^a   Mashek, D G ^a   Schwab, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry period length; Energy density; Transition period

Indexed keywords

LIPID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SECRETION; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEMALE; LACTATION; LIPIDS; MILK; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22144433402     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)72768-5     Document Type: Article

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