The effect of brown midrib corn silage and dried distillers' grains with solubles on milk production, nitrogen utilization and microbial community structure in dairy cows

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 365-380

  Ramirez, H A Ramirez ^a   Nestor, K ^b   Tedeschi, L O ^c   Callaway, T R ^d   Dowd, S E ^e   Fernando, S C ^a   Kononoff, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Mycogen Seed   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e MR DNA Molecular Research LP   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown midrib corn silage; Dried distillers' grains with solubles; Milk production

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875435462     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: 19181825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJAS2011-133     Document Type: Article

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