OMASAL MORPHOLOGY OF DAIRY COWS FED WITH HIGH OR LOW GRAIN CONTENT DIET PRIOR PARTURITION

ABSTRACT Little is known about the morphological response of the omasum in dairy cows that consume a high-energy diet pre-partum. The aim of this study was to investigate whether a transitional diet with high grain content is able to induce changes in omasum morphology. Six weeks before the expected...

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Main Authors: Danilo de Oliveira Rocha Bhering Santoro, João Chrysostomo Resende Júnior, Ronaldo Francisco de Lima, João Luiz Pratti Daniel, Matheus Balduíno Moreira, Suely de Fátima Costa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Lavras 2015-12-01
Series:Ciência e Agrotecnologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542015000600583&lng=en&tlng=en