Subsequent milk production and metabolic response of first-calf heifers fed whole raw soybeans during the last trimester of gestation
Sixteen pregnant heifers (8 per group) were fed diets containing soybean meal or whole raw soybeans (WSB) to evaluate effects of the supplemental dietary fat provided by WSB during the last trimester of gestation (90 d) on performance in the first 5 wk of the subsequent lactation, during which both...
Main Author: | Wasserstrom, Vicky Marie |
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Other Authors: | Dairy Science |
Format: | Others |
Language: | en |
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Virginia Tech
2014
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43663 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07112009-040303/ |
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