Nutritional practices on Manitoba dairy farms

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 501-509

  Plaizier, J C ^a   Garner, T ^a   Droppo, T ^b   Whiting, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b GOVERNMENT OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Fibre; Milk production; Minerals; Particle size; Protein

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 4544360464     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A03-115     Document Type: Article

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