Effects of twin pregnancy and dry period feeding strategy on milk production, energy balance, and metabolic profiles in dairy cows

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1048-1060

  Silva del Rio N ^a,b   Fricke, P M ^a   Grummer, R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Close up diet; Dairy cow; Metabolic status; Twinning

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; LACTATION; LIVER; METABOLISM; MILK; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SECRETION;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CATTLE; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; LACTATION; LIVER; LIVER GLYCOGEN; MILK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

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EID: 77649086481     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-2206     Document Type: Article

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