The effect of herbage allowance and concentrate supplementation on milk production performance and dry matter intake of spring-calving dairy cows in early lactation

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1258-1269

  McEvoy, M ^a,b   Kennedy, E ^a   Murphy, J P ^a   Boland, T M ^b   Delaby, L ^c   O'Donovan, M ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Concentrate supplementation; Dairy cow; Herbage allowance; Milk production

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; FRIESIA;

FAT; LACTOSE; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EATING; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CLIMATE; DAIRYING; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EATING; FATS; FEMALE; LACTATION; LACTOSE; MILK; MILK PROTEINS;

EID: 40649121744     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0710     Document Type: Article

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