New approaches, development, and improvement of methodologies for the assessment of B-vitamin requirements in dairy cows
ABSTRACT Studies on B-vitamin requirements of cattle, conducted more than 60 years ago, concluded that mature ruminants do not require B-vitamin supplements because the amounts of vitamins provided by the diet and synthesized by the ruminal microflora were sufficient to prevent emergence of deficien...
Main Author: | Christiane L. Girard |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Series: | Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982017000700614&lng=en&tlng=en |
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