Review: Effects of feeding sugars on productivity of lactating dairy cows

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-46

  Oba, Masahito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Lactose; Rumen fermentation; Ruminants; Sucrose; Sugars

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVIDAE;

EID: 79953738131     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: 19181825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJAS10069     Document Type: Review

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