Effects of feeding grass or red clover silage cut at two maturity stages in dairy cows. 1. Nitrogen metabolism and supply of amino acids

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5620-5633

  Vanhatalo, A ^a   Kuoppala, K ^b   Ahvenjarvi S ^b   Rinne, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amino acid supply; Dairy cow; Nitrogen metabolism; Red clover silage

Indexed keywords

BOS; FESTUCA PRATENSIS; PHLEUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 70350315760     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2249     Document Type: Article

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