Increasing amounts of crushed wheat fed with pasture hay reduced dietary fiber digestibility in lactating dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2747-2757

  Leddin, C M ^a,b   Stockdale, C R ^a   Hill, J ^b   Heard, J W ^a   Doyle, P T ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Associative effect; Dairy cow; Digestion and rumen fermentation; Pasture and grain

Indexed keywords

BOS; LOLIUM PERENNE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 67649211146     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1504     Document Type: Article

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