Acta Vet. Brno 2011, 80: 139-145

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb201180020139

Effect of feeding yeast culture on ruminal fermentation and blood indicators of Holstein dairy cows

Petr Doležal1, Jan Dvořáček2, Jan Doležal1, Jana Čermáková1, Ladislav Zeman1, Katarzyna Szwedziak 3

1Mendel University Brno, Faculty of Agronomy, Department of Animal Nutrition and Forage production, Brno, Czech Republic
2S.O.S. Skalice nad Svitavou, s.r.o., Skalice nad Svitavou, Czech Republic
3University of Technology Opole, Poland

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