Effects of feeding brown midrib corn silage with a high dietary concentration of alfalfa hay on lactational performance of Holstein dairy cows for the first 180 days of lactation1

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 515-523

  Holt, M S ^a   Eun, J S ^a   Thacker, C R ^a   Young, A J ^a   Dai, X ^a   Nestor, K E ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mycogen Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa hay; Brown midrib corn silage; Feed intake; Stage of lactation

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MAIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SILAGE; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SILAGE; TIME FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

BOS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84871612378     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-5856     Document Type: Article

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