In vivo indices for predicting acidosis risk of grains in cattle: Comparison with in vitro methods

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2823-2835

  Lean, I J ^a,b   Golder, H M ^a,b   Black, J L ^c   King, R ^d   Rabiee, A R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SBScibus   (Australia)

^c John L Black Consulting   (Australia)

^d Dairy Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Cattle; Discriminant analysis; Near infrared spectroscopy; Valerate

Indexed keywords

ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUMINANT STOMACH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH JUICE;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CEREALS; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; MALE; RUMEN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 84882703749     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2012-5379     Document Type: Article

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