Milk production, nitrogen balance, and fiber digestibility prediction of corn, whole plant grain sorghum, and forage sorghum silages in the dairy cow

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4457-4467

  Colombini, S ^a   Galassi, G ^a   Crovetto, G M ^a   Rapetti, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System; N balance; Neutral detergent fiber digestibility; Sorghum silage

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FECES; FEMALE; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECRETION (PROCESS); SILAGE; SORGHUM; URINE;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; FECES; FEMALE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MILK; NITROGEN; SILAGE; SORGHUM; ZEA MAYS;

FRIESIA; SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84864027421     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4444     Document Type: Article

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