Feed intake, milk production and composition of crossbred cows fed with insect-protected Bollgard II® cottonseed containing Cry1Ac and Cry2Ab proteins

Animal

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1769-1773

  Singhal, K K ^a   Tyagi, A K ^a   Rajput, Y S ^a   Singh, M ^a   Kaur, H ^a   Perez, T ^b   Hartnell, G F ^b  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cottonseed; Dairy cow; Genetically modified; Milk yield and composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877956192     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731111000899     Document Type: Article

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