Fatty acid intake and milk fatty acid composition of Holstein dairy cows under different grazing strategies: Herbage mass and daily herbage allowance

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 5212-5223

  Palladino, R A ^a   O'Donovan, M ^b   Murphy, J J ^b   McEvoy, M ^b   Callan, J ^a   Boland, T M ^a   Kenny, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Conjugated linoleic acid; Daily herbage allowance; Herbage mass; Linolenic acid

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 70349909681     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2404     Document Type: Article

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