Diet supplementation with canola meal improves milk production, reduces enteric methane emissions, and shifts nitrogen excretion from urine to feces in dairy cows
C. Benchaar, F. Hassanat, K. A. Beauchemin, Giulia Gislon, D.R. Ouellet
Abstract
emission and urinary N excreted). We conclude that compared with SBM, inclusion of CM meal in dairy cow diets can play a key role in reducing the environmental footprint of milk production.
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Soybean mealDry matterLatin squareCanolaPropionateChemistryExcretionMealRumenDigestion (alchemy)Animal scienceNeutral Detergent FiberTotal mixed rationFood scienceFecesDairy cattleBiologyFermentationBiochemistryLactationChromatographyGeneticsPregnancyOrganic chemistryRaw materialIce calvingPaleontologyRuminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyNitrogen and Sulfur Effects on BrassicaReproductive Physiology in Livestock