Effects of substitution of different levels of steam-flaked corn for finely ground corn on lactation and digestion in early lactation dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3931-3937

  Zhong, R Z ^a,b   Li, J G ^c   Gao, Y X ^c   Tan, Z L ^a   Ren, G P ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

^d CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Digestibility; Milk composition; Steam flaked corn

Indexed keywords

BOS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 54049117615     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0957     Document Type: Article

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