Influence of sugary-Brawn2 or dent corn at two forage levels on intake, digestion, and milk production by dairy cows.

doi:10.2527/1994.721220x

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Influence of sugary-Brawn2 or dent corn at two forage levels on intake, digestion, and milk production by dairy cows.

Journal of animal science - 1 Jan 1994

Willcox M C, Shaver R D, Coors J G, Batajoo K K

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Sugary-Brawn2 (su-Bn2) corn endosperm contains higher concentrations of watersoluble polysaccharides than dent corn. Eight multiparous Holstein cows averaging 48 d in milk and 667 kg BW at trial initiation were in a replicated 4 x 4 Latin square design with 28-d periods. Only cows in one square w...

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Alleles
Animals
Cattle
Digestion
Eating
Female
Fermentation
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Lactation
Medicago sativa
Milk
Polysaccharides
Rumen
Silage
Zea mays

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