Relationships among manure nitrogen output and dietary and animal factors in lactating dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3981-3991

  Yan, T ^a   Frost, J P ^a   Agnew, R E ^a   Binnie, R C ^a   Mayne, C S ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Manure nitrogen output; Nitrogen intake; Prediction equation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; FRIESIA;

EID: 33749423609     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72441-9     Document Type: Article

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