Effect of incremental urea supplementation of a conventional corn silage-based diet on ruminal ammonia concentration and synthesis of microbial protein

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 5619-5633

  Boucher, S E ^a   Ordway, R S ^b   Whitehouse, N L ^a   Lundy, F P ^c   Kononoff, P J ^d   Schwab, C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Blue Seal Feeds Inc   (United States)

^c Feed Analysis Consortium Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia N; Lactating cow; Microbial protein; Urea

Indexed keywords

BOS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 37149020074     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0012     Document Type: Article

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