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Article: Lactating cows may need water-soluble vitamins: Part 1.(Nutrition & Health: Dairy)
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- Feedstuffs
- Article date:
- September 12, 2005
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The growing body of information on dairy cows' use of B vitamins indicates that there are opportunities to improve production, reproduction and general well-being with judicious supplementation. In some cases, vitamins will need to be provided in a form that protects them against rumen destruction to permit the cow to take advantage of their properties.
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WATER-soluble B vitamins and choline are indispensable nutrients for all mammalian species and are obligatory for the regulation of metabolic processes. The functions of these compounds are wide ranging and affect all aspects of health and productivity.
These vitamins have been ...