Effects of clover-grass silages and concentrate supplementation on the content of phytoestrogens in dairy cow milk

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2715-2725

  Steinshamn, H ^a   Purup, S ^b   Thuen, E ^c   Hansen Moller J ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clover species; Concentrate level; Equol; Milk phytoestrogen content

Indexed keywords

BOS; MAMMALIA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 47149092422     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0857     Document Type: Article

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