Nutritional management of the transition cow in the 21st century-a paradigm shift in thinking

Animal Production Science

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1000-1023

  Roche, J R ^a   Bell, A W ^b   Overton, T R ^b   Loor, J J ^c  

^a DAIRYNZ   (New Zealand)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; FATTY ACID; FUTURE PROSPECT; GRAZING; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LACTATION; METABOLITE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PARADIGM SHIFT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREGNANCY; PRODUCTIVITY; PROTEIN; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 84881424207     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: 18365787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN12293     Document Type: Conference Paper

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