Milk production and composition, and body measurements of dairy cows receiving intramuscular injections of folic acid and vitamin B-12 in commercial dairy herds

Livestock Science

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 186-194

  Duplessis, M ^a,b   Girard, C L ^b   Santschi, D E ^c   Lefebvre, D M ^c   Pellerin, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c Valacta   (Canada)

Author keywords

Commercial herd; Dairy cow; Energy partitioning; Folic acid; Vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 84906794577     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2014.06.022     Document Type: Article

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