Performance and ruminal fermentation of dairy cows fed whole cottonseed with elevated concentrations of free fatty acids in the oil

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2329-2334

  Cooke, K M ^a   Bernard, J K ^a   Wildman, C D ^a,c   West, J W ^a   Parks, A H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cottonseed; Free fatty acid

Indexed keywords

BOS; MICROPUS;

EID: 35748943488     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-646     Document Type: Article

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