Relationship of severity of subacute ruminal acidosis to rumen fermentation, chewing activities, sorting behavior, and milk production in lactating dairy cows fed a high-grain diet

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 3006-3016

  Gao, X ^a   Oba, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chewing activity; Milk urea nitrogen; Sorting behavior; Subacute ruminal acidosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHEMISTRY; COMPLICATION; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; LACTATION; MASTICATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMEN; STOMACH DISEASE; VETERINARY;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIET; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTATION; MASTICATION; MILK; PARTICLE SIZE; RUMEN; STOMACH DISEASES;

EID: 84899090143     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-7472     Document Type: Article

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