Heat production and retained energy in lactating cows held under hot summer conditions with evaporative cooling and fed two rations differing in roughage content and in vitro digestibility

Animal

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 843-848

  Miron, J ^a   Adin, G ^b   Solomon, R ^b   Nikbachat, M ^a   Zenou, A ^a   Shamay, A ^a   Brosh, A ^a   Mabjeesh, S Y ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Energy expenditure; Evaporative cooling under heat load; Retained energy; Soy hulls as roughage replacement

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 43649083481     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731108001900     Document Type: Article

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