Prepartal wheat grain feeding improves energy and calcium status of periparturient Holstein heifers
Wheat grain (WG) is unique in possessing extensive starch and nitrogen fermentation (i.e. >85% in ground and steam-processed WG), low cation–anion difference and high-intake properties, making it a potentially useful prepartal dietary choice. The objective was to determine the effects of WG provi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Animal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731110002065 |