Linseed oil supplementation to dairy cows fed diets based on red clover silage or corn silage: Effects on methane production, rumen fermentation, nutrient digestibility, N balance, and milk production

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 7993-8008

  Benchaar, C ^a   Hassanat, F ^a   Martineau, R ^a   Gervais, R ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corn silage; Enteric methane; Linseed oil; Red clover silage

Indexed keywords

LINSEED OIL; MANURE; METHANE; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BOVINE; CLOVER; DAIRYING; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DIGESTION; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; LACTATION; MAIZE; MANURE; METABOLISM; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMEN; SILAGE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTION; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; LACTATION; LINSEED OIL; MANURE; METHANE; MILK; NITROGEN; RUMEN; SILAGE; TRIFOLIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84944173391     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2015-9398     Document Type: Article

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