Urea Inclusion in Distillers Dried Grains Supplements

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 390-394

  Stalker, L A ^a   Adams, D C ^a   Klopfenstein, T J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Distillers grains; Forage; Nitrogen recycling; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 62149139326     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)30993-1     Document Type: Article

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