Dairy Operation Management Practices and Herd Milk Production

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 506-514

  Losinger, W C ^a   Heinrichs, A J ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Management; Milk production; Survey

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

IONOPHORE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; COLOSTRUM; DAIRYING; DIET; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; COLOSTRUM; DAIRYING; DIET; FEMALE; IONOPHORES; LACTATION; MILK; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030103172     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(96)76393-2     Document Type: Article

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