Production Response of Lactating Dairy Cows to Whole Cottonseed with Elevated Concentrations of Free Fatty Acids in the Oil

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-57

  Bernard, J K ^a   Siciliano Jones, J ^b   West, J W ^a   Wedegaertner, T C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b FARME Institute   (United States)

^c Agricultural and Environmental Research Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Free fatty acids; Milk composition; Milk yield; Whole cottonseed

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748935675     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/S1080-7446(15)30936-0     Document Type: Article

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