Relationship between dietary particle size and the incidence of displaced abomasum on Holstein-Friesian dairy farms that feed diets high in maize silage

Livestock Science

Volumn 157, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 478-481

  Simoes J ^a   Teixeira, V ^a   Silva, S R ^b   Gomes, A ^c   Ventura, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c CRL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Abomasal displacement; Dairy cattle; Particle size; Penn State particle separator; Total mixed ration

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE; FRIESIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84886729599     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2013.09.016     Document Type: Article

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