Effects of addition of bacterial inoculants to the diets of lactating dairy cows on feed intake, milk yield, and milk composition

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 122-126

  West, J W ^a   Bernard, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct fed microbial; Lactobacillus acidophilus; Milk yield; Propionibacterium freudenreichii

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051731530     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)30458-7     Document Type: Article

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