Selection of barley grain affects ruminai fermentation, starch digestibility, and productivity of lactating dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2860-2869

  Silveira, C ^a   Oba, M ^a   Yang, W Z ^b   Beauchemin, K A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barley grain; Lactating dairy cow; Ruminal fermentation; Starch digestibility

Indexed keywords

BOS; HORDEUM;

GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOPROTEIN; STARCH; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BARLEY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; MILK FAT GLOBULE; PARITY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SECRETION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIGESTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GLYCOLIPIDS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HORDEUM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTATION; MILK; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN; STARCH;

EID: 34547678678     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-771     Document Type: Article

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