Evidence for different nutrient partitioning in Boran (Bos indicus) and Boran X Holstein cows when re-allocated from low to high or from high to low feeding level

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 383-393

  Jenet, A ^a,b   Fernandez Rivera, S ^a   Tegegne, A ^a   Wettstein, H R ^a,b   Senn, M ^a,b   Saurer, M ^a,c   Langhans, W ^a,b   Kreuzer, M ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LACTATION; MALE; MILK;

BOS INDICUS;

EID: 33748700808     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: 14390442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.2006.00853.x     Document Type: Article

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