Milk from forage as affected by carbohydrate source and degradability with alfalfa silage-based diets

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 283-293

  Charbonneau, E ^a   Chouinard, P Y ^a   Allard, G ^a   Lapierre, H ^b   Pellerin, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alfalfa silage; Dairy cow; Milk from forage; Rumen carbohydrate degradability

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 30844438096     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72093-8     Document Type: Article

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