Supplementation with whole cottonseed causes long-term reduction of methane emissions from lactating dairy cows offered a forage and cereal grain diet

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2612-2619

  Grainger, C ^a   Williams, R ^a   Clarke, T ^a   Wright, A D G ^b   Eckard, R J ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietary oil; Lactating dairy cow; Methane emission; Sulfur hexafluoride tracer technique

Indexed keywords

COTTON SEED OIL; METHANE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATTLE; CEREAL; DAIRYING; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; LACTATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; SECRETION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CEREALS; COTTONSEED OIL; DAIRYING; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EATING; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; LACTATION; METHANE; MILK; RUMEN;

BOS; BOVIDAE; FISTULA; LOLIUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MICROPUS; PROTOZOA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77953012581     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2888     Document Type: Article

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