The logistic curve as a tool to describe the daily ruminal pH pattern and its link with milk fatty acids

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 5845-5865

  Colman, E ^a   Tas, B M ^b   Waegeman, W ^a   De Baets, B ^a   Fievez, V ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Schothorst Feed Research BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Milk fatty acid; Rumen pH

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FEMALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIET; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MILK; RUMEN;

EID: 84867099077     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-5130     Document Type: Article

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