Milk production and efficiency of utilization of nitrogen, metabolizable protein, and amino acids are affected by protein and energy supplies in dairy cows fed alfalfa-based diets

ABSTRACT: Alfalfa has a lower fiber digestibility and a greater concentration of degradable protein than grasses. Dairy cows could benefit from an increased digestibility of alfalfa fibers, or from a better match between nitrogen and energy supplies in the rumen. Alfalfa cultivars with improved fibe...

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Published in:	Journal of Dairy Science
Main Authors:	J.-P. Laroche, R. Gervais, H. Lapierre, D.R. Ouellet, G.F. Tremblay, C. Halde, M.-S. Boucher, É. Charbonneau
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2022-01-01
Subjects:	amino acid histidine rumen-protected lysine rumen-protected methionine fatty acid
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030221009504