Evaluation of urinary nitrogen excretion from plasma urea nitrogen in dry and lactating cows

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1159-1163

  Kume, S ^a   Numata, K ^a   Takeya, Y ^a   Miyagawa, Y ^a   Ikeda, S ^a   Kitagawa, M ^a   Nonaka, K ^a,b   Oshita, T ^a,c   Kozakai, T ^a,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL LIVESTOCK BREEDING CENTER   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dry cow; Lactating cow; Nitrogen clearance; Plasma urea nitrogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 51149093250     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2008.70734     Document Type: Article

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