Crushed sunflower, flax, or canola seeds in lactating dairy cow diets: Effects on methane production, rumen fermentation, and milk production

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2118-2127

  Beauchemin, K A ^a   McGinn, S M ^a   Benchaar, C ^b   Holtshausen, L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canola seed; Flaxseed; Methane; Sunflower seed

Indexed keywords

BOS; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; HELIANTHUS; LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

CANOLA OIL; METHANE; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIET; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FLAX; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; RUMINANT STOMACH; SECRETION; SUNFLOWER; TURNIP;

ANIMALS; BRASSICA RAPA; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIET; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FLAX; HELIANTHUS; LACTATION; METHANE; MILK; RUMEN; SEEDS;

EID: 67651166754     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1903     Document Type: Article

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