THE USE OF DIETARY FATS AND CONCENTRATES TO ALLEVIATE THE NEGATIVE ENERGY BALANCE IN CROSSBRED COWS IN EARLY LACTATION

Energy balance (EB) is defined as the difference between energy intake and energy expenditure. Fertility in the high-merit cow has been adversely associated with high milk production, low intake of energy and mobilisation of body reserves in early lactation, which combine in the term negative energy...

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Main Authors: Carlos F. Aguilar-Pérez, J. Ku-Vera, J. Magaña-Monforte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán 2014-08-01
Series:Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems
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Online Access:http://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/2024