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Dietary cation-anion balance

Dietary cation-anion balance: a review of definitions and responses in prepartum and lactating cows

Published: May 16, 2007

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Dairy nutritionists are beginning to fine-tune buffer feeding and macromineral nutrition recommendations according to the difference in cation and anion concentrations in the diet. Numerous papers on feeding buffers, macromineral recommendations, and dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) concepts have appeared recently in the scientific literature and popular press. The objective of this paper an...

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Paul Chatikobo

20 de mayo de 2007

What an excelent article, thanks, and please keep it up.

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Jeronimo Pinto

5 de enero de 2009

Good article about dietary cation-anion balance in lactating cows. See "Another New Look at DCAD for the Prepartum Dairy Cow" by William K. Sanchez, Ph. DK.

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