Feeding urea-treated barley straw to lactating Friesian cows

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 44-56

  Hadjipanayiotou, M ^a   Economides, S ^a   Kyprianou, G ^a   Antoniou, I ^a   Photiou, A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Friesian cows; Milk composition; Milk yield; Urea treated straw

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; GLYCINE MAX; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 3042648579     PISSN: 01213784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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