Nitrogen efficiency of dairy cows as affected by diet and milk yield

Livestock Science

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 45-56

  Nadeau, Elisabet ^a   Englund, Jan Eric ^a   Gustafsson, Anders H ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Dairy Association   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crude protein; Feed intake; Milk yield; Nitrogen efficiency

Indexed keywords

BOS; HORDEUM; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 34547111034     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2006.11.016     Document Type: Article

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