Effect of method of adding a fibrolytic enzyme to dairy cow diets on feed intake digestibility, milk production, ruminal fermentation, and blood metabolites

Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 337-353

  Dean, D B ^a,b   Staples, C R ^a   Littell, R C ^a   Kim, S ^a,c   Adesogan, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Venezuela)

^c Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bermudagrass; Dairy cows; Fibrolytic enzyme; Silage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893161207     PISSN: 09722963     EISSN: 0974181X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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