Effect of precalving and postcalving dietary energy level on performance and blood metabolite concentrations of dairy cows throughout lactation

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 808-823

  Law, R A ^a   Young, F J ^a   Patterson, D C ^a   Kilpatrick, D J ^a   Wylie, A R G ^a   Ingvarsten, K L ^b   Hameleers, A ^c   McCoy, M A ^a   Mayne, C S ^a   Ferris, C ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c Embajada Real de Dinamarca   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Milk yield; Plasma nonesterified fatty acids; Precalving nutrition

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY CONSTITUTION; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; PARITY; PERIPARTUM PERIOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SECRETION;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CATTLE; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; PARITY; PERIPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; FRIESIA;

EID: 78751686604     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2728     Document Type: Article

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