The effects of feeding 3-nitrooxypropanol on methane emissions and productivity of Holstein cows in mid lactation

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 3110-3119

  Haisan, J ^a   Sun, Y ^a   Guan, L L ^a   Beauchemin, K A ^b   Iwaasa, A ^b   Duval, S ^c   Barreda, D R ^a   Oba, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3 nitrooxypropanol; Enteric methane emission; Methanogen; Milk production

Indexed keywords

3-NITROOXYPROPANOL; METHANE; PROPANOL; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BOVINE; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; LACTATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMEN; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; LACTATION; METHANE; PROPANOLS; RUMEN;

EID: 84898814550     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-7834     Document Type: Article

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