Effect of rumen-degradable protein balance and forage type on bulk milk urea concentration and emission of ammonia from dairy cow houses

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1099-1112

  Van Duinkerken, G ^a   Andre G ^a   Smits, M C J ^a   Monteny, G J ^a   Sebek L B J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonia emission; Milk urea; Rumen degradable protein balance

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; ZEA MAYS;

AMMONIA; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MILK; POLLUTANT; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUMINANT STOMACH; TEMPERATURE; URINE;

AMMONIA; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIETARY PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MILK; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUMEN; TEMPERATURE; UREA; URINE;

EID: 22144462890     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)72777-6     Document Type: Article

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