Nutritive value of maize silage in relation to dairy cow performance and milk quality

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 238-252

  Khan, Nazir A ^a,b,c   Yu, Peiqiang ^c   Ali, Mubarak ^a   Cone, John W ^a   Hendriks, Wouter H ^a,d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Fatty acids; Maize silage; Maturity; Nutritive value

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

FATTY ACID; MILK PROTEIN;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BOVINE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MILK; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POACEAE; SILAGE; STANDARDS;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIET; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; POACEAE; SILAGE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84918770235     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6703     Document Type: Review

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