Effect of non-forage roughage replacement on feeding behaviour and milk production in dairy cows

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 171-175

  Marchesini, Giorgio ^a   Segato, Severino ^a   Berzaghi, Paolo ^a   Andrighetto, Igino ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Feeding behaviour; Non forage fibre; Sorting; Soybean hulls

Indexed keywords

BOS; GLYCINE MAX; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80555136739     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2011.e44     Document Type: Article

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