California Agriculture (Nov 1990)

Two rumen-protected amino acids in dairy cows' feed change the protein content of milk

  • J Chow,
  • E DePeters,
  • R Baldwin

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 44, no. 6

Abstract

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Including fat in the diet of dairy cows often results in a decrease in the concentrations of total protein and casein in milk. In this study, the addition of rumen-protected methionine and lysine to such a diet increased the total protein and casein contents of milk produced by lactating cows.