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Feeding Systems with Legumes to Intensify Dairy Farms - cgiar

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Activity 1.3 Functional relationships among forage resources of<br />

contrasting quality, rumen fermentation, and blood<br />

parameters<br />

Highlights<br />

• Milk urea nitrogen (MUN) concentrations can be a good indica<strong>to</strong>r of the<br />

protein:energy ratio in the diet.<br />

• MUN concentrations prove useful <strong>to</strong> increase the efficiency in use of onfarm<br />

feed resources.<br />

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