Contribution of altitude and Alpine origin of forage to the influence of Alpine sojourn of cows on intake, nitrogen conversion, metabolic stress and milk synthesis

Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 451-466

  Leiber, F ^a   Kreuzert, M ^a   Jorg B ^a   Leuenberger, H ^a   Wettstein, H R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Altitude; Dairy cows; Energy; Forage; Oxygen requirement

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 3042821246     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1357729800058859     Document Type: Article

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