Diet digestibility, rate of passage, and eating and rumination behavior of Jersey and Holstein cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1103-1114

  Aikman, P C ^a   Reynolds, C K ^a   Beever, D E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Richard Keenan & Co Ltd   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Jersey; Rate of passage; Rumination

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DIGESTION; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; KINETICS; LACTATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DIET; DIGESTION; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; KINETICS; LACTATION; NITROGEN; RUMEN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 40649087866     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0724     Document Type: Article

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