Cow and herd variation in milk urea nitrogen concentrations in lactating dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 7261-7268

  Aguilar, M ^a   Hanigan, M D ^a   Tucker, H A ^b   Jones, B L ^a   Garbade, S K ^a   McGilliard, M L ^a   Stallings, C C ^a   Knowlton, K F ^a   James, R E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Feeding management; Milk urea nitrogen

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; NITROGEN; UREA;

BOS;

EID: 84869502960     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-5582     Document Type: Article

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