Producing milk with uniform high selenium concentrations on commercial dairy farms

Animal Production Science

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 87-94

  Doyle, P T ^a   Stockdale, C R ^a   Jenkin, M L ^a   Walker, G P ^a   Dunshea, F R ^b   Shields, P M ^c,d   McKenna, A ^e,f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ALLTECH INC   (United States)

^d Trident Ireland   (Ireland)

^e Tatura Milk Industries Ltd   (Australia)

^f Synlait   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

commercial production; dairy cows; selenium yeast.

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DAIRY FARMING; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; FORAGE; GRAZING; MILK PRODUCTION; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PASTURE; PROTEIN; SELENIUM; YEAST;

BOS;

EID: 79551667392     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN10133     Document Type: Article

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