Short term fasting as a tool to design effective grazing strategies for lactating dairy cattle: A review

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1075-1084

  Chilibroste, P ^a   Soca, P ^a   Mattiauda, D A ^a   Bentancur, O ^a   Robinson, P H ^b  

^a EEMAC   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bite mass; Bite rate; Chewing; Ingestion; Pasture; Rumen digesta loads; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; FASTING; FERMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; INGESTION RATE; LACTATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; METABOLITE; RUMINANT; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

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EID: 34547657151     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA06130     Document Type: Conference Paper

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