Milk urea concentration as affected by the roughage type offered to dairy cattle

Livestock Science

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 30-39

  De Campeneere, S ^a   De Brabander, D L ^a   Vanacker, J M ^a  

^a Ministry of the Flemish Community   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Milk urea content; N balance; N excretion

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33746054901     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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