Dose response to postruminal urea in lactating dairy cattle

ABSTRACT: Inclusion of urea in dairy cattle diets is often limited by negative effects of high levels of feed urea on dry matter intake (DMI) and efficiency of rumen N utilization. We hypothesized that supplying urea postruminally would mitigate these limitations and allow greater inclusion of urea...

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Main Authors: K. Nichols, R. Rauch, L. Lippens, D.J. Seymour, J. Martín-Tereso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:Journal of Dairy Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002203022300560X