Responses of milk urea nitrogen content to dietary crude protein level and degradability in lactating Holstein dairy cows

Czech Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 518-522

  Zhai, S W ^a,b   Liu, Jian Xin ^a   Wu, Y M ^a   Ye, J A ^a   Xu, Y N ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIMEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Lactating cows; Milk urea N; Protein degradability; Protein level

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33845964094     PISSN: 12121819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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