Concentrate: Forage ratio in the diet of dairy cows does not alter milk physical attributes

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 855-859

  Machado, Sandro Charopen ^a   McManus, Concepta Margareth ^c   Stumpf, Marcelo Tempel ^b   Fischer, Vivian ^b  

^a FAI Faculdades   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Concentrate to forage ratio; Ethanol stability; Milk physical traits; Performance

Indexed keywords

BOS; ZEA MAYS;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BOVINAE; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; LACTATION; MAIZE; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SILAGE; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DIET; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; SILAGE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84900809045     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-014-0576-7     Document Type: Article

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