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Kohn, R. A. and M. S. Allen. 1995. Effect of plant maturity and preservation method on in vitro protein degradation of forages. J. Dairy Sci. 78:1544-1551.
Kohn, R.A. and M.S. Allen. 1995. Prediction of protein degradation of forages from solubility fractions. J. Dairy Sci. 78: 1774-1788.
Dou, Z., R.A. Kohn, J.D. Ferguson, R.C. Boston, and J.D. Newbold. 1996. Managing nitrogen on dairy farms: an integrated approach 1. Model description. J. Dairy Sci. 79:2071-2080.
Kohn, R. A., J. S. Jonker, R. A. Erdman, and J. High. 1997. Milk urea nitrogen: Theory and practice. Pages 83-90 in Proceedings of the Maryland Nutrition Conference, Baltimore, MD.
Kohn, R. A., Z. Dou, J. D. Ferguson, and R. C. Boston. 1997. A sensitivity analysis of nitrogen losses from dairy farms. Journal of Environmental Management, 50:417-428.
Kohn, R. A. and T. F. Dunlap. 1998. Calculation of the buffering capacity of bicarbonate in rumen fluid and in vitro. J. Anim. Sci. 76: 1702-1709.
Jonker, J.S., R.A. Kohn, and R.A. Erdman. 1998. Using milk urea nitrogen to predict nitrogen excretion and utilization efficiency in lactating dairy cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 81: 2681-2692.
Dou, Z., J.D. Ferguson, L.E. Lanyon, and R.A. Kohn. 1998. Managing nitrogen on dairy farms: an integrated approach 2. Field application. Agron. J. 90: 573-581.
Kohn, R.A., K.F. Kalscheur, and M. Hanigan. 1998. Evaluation of models for balancing the protein requirements of dairy cattle. Symposium on Evaluation of Quantitative Estimates for Meeting Amino Acids Requirements of Dairy Cows. J. Dairy Sci. 81: 3402-3414.
Jonker, J.S., R.A. Kohn, and R.A. Erdman. 1999. Milk urea nitrogen target concentrations for lactating dairy cows fed according to national research council recommendations. J. Dairy Sci. 82:1261-1273.
Kalscheur, K.F., J.H. Vandersall, R.A. Erdman, R.A. Kohn, and E. Russek-Cohen. 1999. Effects of dietary crude protein concentration and degradability on milk production responses of lactating dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 82:545-554.
Knowlton, K.F. and R.A. Kohn. 1999. Feeding management to reduce phosphorus losses from dairy farms. Proceedings of the Mid Atlantic Dairy Management Conference, Feb. 24-25, 1999, Camp Hill, PA
Dunlap, T.F., R.A. Kohn, G.E. Dahl, M. Varner, and R.A. Erdman. 2000. The impact of somatotropin, milking frequency and photoperiod on dairy farm nutrient flows. J. Dairy Sci. 83:968-976.
Dunlap, T.F., R.A. Kohn, L.W. Douglas, and R.A. Erdman. 2000. Diets deficient in rumen undegraded protein did not depress milk production. J. Dairy Sci. 83: 1806-1812.
Kohn, R.A. and R.C. Boston 2000. The role of thermodynamics in controlling rumen metabolism. Pages 11 to 24 in Modelling Nutrient Utilization in Farm Animals (J.P. McNamara, J. France and D.E. Beever, eds). CAB International Publishing.
Kohn, R.A., K.F. Kalscheur, and E. Russek-Cohen. 2002. Evaluation of models to estimate urinary nitrogen and expected milk urea nitrogen. J. Dairy Sci. 85:227-233.
Jonker, J.S., R.A. Kohn, J. High. 2002. Use of milk urea nitrogen to improve diary cows diets. J. Dairy Sci. 85:939-946.
Jonker, J. S., R. A. Kohn, and J. High. 2002. Dairy herd management practices that impact nitrogen utilization efficiency. J. Dairy Sci.  85:1218-1226.
Dou, Z., J. D. Ferguson, J. Fiorini, J. D. Toth, S. M. Alexander, L. E. Chase, C. M. Ryan, K. F. Knowlton, R. A. Kohn , A. B. Peterson, J. T. Sims, and Z. Wu. 2003. Phosphorus feeding levels and critical control points on dairy farms. J. Dairy Sci. 86:3787-3795.
Spears, R. A., A. J. Young, and R. A. Kohn. 2003. Whole-farm phosphorus balance on western dairy farms. J. Dairy Sci. 86:688-695.
Spears, R. A., A. J. Young, and R. A. Kohn. 2003. Whole-farm nitrogen balance on western dairy farms. J. Dairy Sci. 86:4178-4186.
Peterson, A. B., K. French, E. Russek-Cohen, and R. A. Kohn. 2004. Comparison of analytical methods and the influence of milk components on milk urea nitrogen recovery. J. Dairy Sci. 1747-1750.
Kohn, R. A., K. French, and E. Russek-Cohen. 2004. A comparison of instruments and laboratories used to measure milk urea nitrogen in bulk-tank milk samples. J. Dairy Sci. 87:1848-1853.
Guo, K., E. Russek-Cohen, and R. A. Kohn. 2004. Effects of milk urea nitrogen and other factors on probability of conception of dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 87:1878-1885.
Kohn, R. A. 2004. Use of animal nutrition to manage nitrogen emissions from animal agriculture. Proceedings of the Mid-Atlantic Nutrition Conference, Mar. 24-25, Timonium, MD, pp.25-30.
Kohn, R. A., Dinneen, and E. Russek-Cohen. 2005. Using blood urea nitrogen to predict nitrogen excretion, and efficiency of nitrogen utilization in cattle, sheep, goats, horses, pigs, and rats. J. Anim. Sci. 83:879-889.
Kalscheur, K. F., R. L. Baldwin VI, B. P. Glenn, and R. A. Kohn. 2006. Milk production of dairy cows fed differing concentrations of rumen-degraded protein. J. Dairy Sci. 89: 249-256.
Guo, J., R. R. Peters, and R. A. Kohn. 2007. Effect of a transition diet on production performance and metabolism in periparturient dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 90: 5247-5258.

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