Artificial shade and supplementation effects on grazing dairy cows in Argentina

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 233-236

  Valtorta, S E ^a,c   Gallardo, M R ^b   Castro, H C ^b   Castelli, M E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Artificial shade; Blood biochemistry; Dairy cows; Grazing pattern; Milk yield and composition; Summer; Supplemental feeding

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; BLOOD;

DAIRY COWS; MILK PRODUCTION;

FARMS;

EID: 0029679424     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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