Milk production of dairy cows fed wet corn gluten feed during the dry period and lactation

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2608-2617

  Kononoff, P J ^a   Ivan, S K ^a,d   Matzke, W ^a,e   Grant, R J ^b   Stock, R A ^c   Klopfenstein, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b William H Miner Agricultural Research Institute   (United States)

^c CARGILL INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e Matzke Holtz Nelson Dairy Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn gluten feed; Dairy; Lactation

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33745913039     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72338-4     Document Type: Article

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