Replacing alfalfa or red clover silage with birdsfoot trefoil silage in total mixed rations increases production of lactating dairy cows1

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 460-469

  Hymes Fecht, U C ^a   Broderick, G A ^a   Muck, R E ^a   Grabber, J H ^a  

^a U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdsfoot trefoil; Condensed tannins; Milk yield

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLOVER; DIET; FEMALE; LACTATION; LOTUS; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SILAGE;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIET; FEMALE; LACTATION; LOTUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MILK; SILAGE; TRIFOLIUM;

BOS; GLYCINE MAX; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84871618013     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-5724     Document Type: Article

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