Performance of lactating dairy cows fed silage and grain from a maize hybrid with the cry1F trait versus its nonbiotech counterpart

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 5706-5713

  Faust, M ^a,d   Smith, B ^b   Rice, D ^b   Owens, F ^b   Hinds, M ^b   Dana, G ^b   Hunst, P ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^c DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

^d GENUS PLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cry 1F gene; Dairy cow; Maize grain; Maize silage

Indexed keywords

BOS; HEXAPODA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 37149003567     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0480     Document Type: Article

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