Relationships between methane production and milk fatty acid profiles in dairy cattle

Animal Feed Science and Technology

Volumn 166-167, Issue , 2011, Pages 590-595

  Dijkstra, J ^a   van Zijderveld, S M ^b   Apajalahti, J A ^c   Bannink, A ^a   Gerrits, W J J ^a   Newbold, J R ^b   Perdok, H B ^b   Berends, H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Provimi Research Centre   (Netherlands)

^c Alimetrics   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Methane; Milk fatty acid profile

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 79958771608     PISSN: 03778401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.042     Document Type: Article

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