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Gastrointestinal tract size, total-tract digestibility, and rumen microflora in different dairy cow genotypes.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Jan 2014
Beecher M, Buckley F, Waters S M, Boland T M, Enriquez-Hidalgo D, Deighton M H, O'Donovan M, Lewis E
Abstract excerpt
The superior milk production efficiency of Jersey (JE) and Jersey × Holstein-Friesian (JE × HF) cows compared with Holstein-Friesian (HF) has been widely published. The biological differences among dairy cow genotypes, which could contribute to the milk production efficiency differences, have not been as widely studied however. A series of component studies were conducted using cows sourced from a longer-term...
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