Effects of diet forage source and neutral detergent fiber content on milk production of dairy cattle and methane emissions determined using GreenFeed and respiration chamber techniques

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 7904-7917

  Hammond, K J ^a   Jones, A K ^a   Humphries, D J ^a   Crompton, L A ^a   Reynolds, C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fiber; forage; methane emission; milk production

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; METHANE;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BOVINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIGESTION; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SILAGE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DETERGENTS; DIET; DIGESTION; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHANE; MILK; SILAGE;

EID: 84981747122     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2015-10759     Document Type: Article

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