Invited review: Practical feeding management recommendations to mitigate the risk of subacute ruminal acidosis in dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 872-888

  Humer, E ^a   Petri, R M ^a   Aschenbach, J R ^b   Bradford, B J ^c   Penner, G B ^d   Tafaj, M ^e   Sudekum K H ^f   Zebeli, Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

dairy cow; physically effective fiber; ruminal pH; subacute rumen acidosis

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACIDOSIS; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RUMEN; VETERINARY;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; RUMEN;

EID: 85033789467     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2017-13191     Document Type: Article

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