Effect of a mixture of supplemental dietary plant essential oils on performance of periparturient and early lactation dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1734-1740

  Tassoul, M D ^a   Shaver, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential oil; Intake; Lactating cow; Periparturient cow

Indexed keywords

BOS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ESSENTIAL OIL; FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EATING; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECRETION; TIME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EATING; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; LACTATION; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MILK; OILS, VOLATILE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65249117652     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1760     Document Type: Article

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