Estimation of rumen outflow in dairy cows fed grass silage-based diets by use of reticular sampling as an alternative to sampling from the omasal canal

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1138-1147

  Krizsan, S J ^a   Ahvenjarvi S ^b   Volden, H ^a   Broderick, G A ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Omasal canal; Reticulum; Ruminal flow

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; DIET; DIGESTION; EATING; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SECRETION; SILAGE; STOMACH JUICE;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIET; DIGESTION; EATING; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; MILK; POACEAE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN; SILAGE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77949288602     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2661     Document Type: Article

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