Nutrient demand interacts with forage family to affect intake and digestion responses in dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2694-2701

  Voelker Linton, J A ^a   Allen, M S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digestion kinetics; Grass; Legume; Nutrient demand

Indexed keywords

BOS; DACTYLIS; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 47149103682     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0897     Document Type: Article

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