Keeping growing cattle outside during winter: Behaviour, production and climatic demand

Animal Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-41

  Redbo, I ^a   Mossberg, I ^a   Ehrlemark, A ^a   Stahl Hogberg M ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cattle; Winter hardiness

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 0030079268     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800014284     Document Type: Article

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