A blend of essential plant oils used as an additive to alter silage fermentation or used as a feed additive for lactating dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4793-4800

  Kung Jr , L ^a   Williams, P ^b,c   Schmidt, R J ^a   Hu, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS   (United States)

^c Advantec Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Lactating cow; Rumen; Silage

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 57749120279     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1402     Document Type: Article

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