Effects of the amount of chopped hay or cottonseed hulls in a textured calf starter on young calf performance

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2684-2693

  Hill, T M ^a   Bateman II, H G ^a   Aldrich, J M ^a   Schlotterbeck, R L ^a  

^a Akey Nutrition and Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Calf; Fiber; Roughage; Starter

Indexed keywords

MICROPUS;

EID: 47149101657     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0935     Document Type: Article

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