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Meeting the protein requirements of the dairy cow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

W. H. Broster  and
J. A. Bines
W. H. Broster
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9AT
J. A. Bines
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9AT
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This paper provides a practical interpretation of the arguments advanced at the meeting, summarized in the previous paper, on the protein requirements of the lactating cow. The evidence is by no means sufficiently detailed that all issues can be comprehensively resolved. Personal interpretation becomes necessary at some points. Far more important than this is the attention the meeting focused on the scope and ramifications of the problem, ranging from the nutrition of the rumen microflora to the fertility of the cow, such has hitherto not been achieved. This survey has been completed here by reference to several issues not dealt with extensively in the meeting.

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Forum, National Institute for Research in Dairying, 30 November 1973: Meeting the Protein Requirements of the Dairy Cow
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 3 , January 1974 , pp. 59 - 67
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Production 1974

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