The relationship between milk yield and milking interval in dairy cows

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 193-201

  Ouweltjes, W ^a  

^a Res Stn Cattle Sheep Horse Husb   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cows; Milk yield; Milking interval; Production level

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0000115456     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(98)00154-7     Document Type: Article

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