Effects of decreasing metabolizable protein and rumen-undegradable protein on milk production and composition and blood metabolites of Holstein dairy cows in early lactation

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3707-3714

  Bahrami Yekdangi, H ^a   Khorvash, M ^a   Ghorbani, G R ^a   Alikhani, M ^a   Jahanian, R ^a   Kamalian, E ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blood metabolite; Crude protein; Milk production; Rumen protected methionine

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BOVINE; CHEMISTRY; DIGESTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZATION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SECRETION (PROCESS); UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CATTLE; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIGESTION; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; NITROGEN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RUMEN;

EID: 84901027356     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-6725     Document Type: Article

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