Niacin for dairy cattle: A review

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-19

  Niehoff, Inka Donata ^a   Hüther, Liane ^a   Lebzien, Peter ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Niacin; Nicotinamide; Nicotinic acid

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; MILK FAT; MILK PROTEIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; NICOTINIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL FOOD; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DAIRY CATTLE; DRUG MECHANISM; DUODENUM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FORAGE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INTESTINE FLORA; KETOACIDOSIS; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RUMINANT STOMACH; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN METABOLISM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DUODENUM; MILK; NIACIN; RUMEN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 57349165755     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508043377     Document Type: Review

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