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Evidence for different nutrient partitioning in Boran (Bos indicus) and Boran x Holstein cows when re-allocated from low to high or from high to low feeding level.
Journal of veterinary medicine. A, Physiology, pathology, clinical medicine - 1 Oct 2006
Jenet A, Fernandez-Rivera S, Tegegne A, Wettstein H-R, Senn M, Saurer M, Langhans W, Kreuzer M
Abstract excerpt
This study tested the hypothesis that purebred Boran (Bos indicus) cows and crossbreds of Boran and Holstein respond differently to long-term changes of feeding level in nutrient partitioning to milk and body fat stores. A total of 27 cows of these two genotypes were subjected either to a low or a high feeding level from their first oestrus as heifers until birth of their third calf. Half of the cows of each...
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