Diet digestibility and performance of dairy cows supplemented with live yeast Digestibilidade da dieta e desempenho de vacas leiteiras suplementadas com levedura viva

Dietary yeast supplementation may improve the digestive efficiency of ruminants, but responses depend on the yeast strain and the diet composition. Corn silage and citrus pulp are usual carbohydrate sources for dairy cows in southeast Brazil. This study evaluated the supplementation of dairy cows fe...

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Main Authors: Luciene Lignani Bitencourt, José Ricardo Martins Silva, Bruno Menezes Lopes de Oliveira, Gilson Sebastião Dias Júnior, Fernanda Lopes, Sancho Siécola Júnior, Ozana de Fátima Zacaroni, Marcos Neves Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2011-06-01
Series:Scientia Agricola
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162011000300005