Effects of stage of lactation and dietary forage level on body composition of alpine dairy goats

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 3374-3385

  Ngwa, A T ^a   Dawson, L J ^a,b   Puchala, R ^a   Detweiler, G ^a   Merkel, R C ^a   Wang, Z ^a   Tesfai, K ^a   Sahlu, T ^a   Ferrell, C L ^c   Goetsch, A L ^a  

^a LANGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Dairy goat; Lactation

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; GLYCINE MAX; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 68149109972     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2079     Document Type: Article

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