Effects of Concentrate Intake on Subsequent Roughage Intake and Eating Behavior of Cows in an Automatic Milking System

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1572-1580

  Morita, S ^a,b   Devir, S ^a   Ketelaar De Lauwere, C C ^a   Smits, A C ^a   Hogeveen, H ^a   Metz, J H M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automatic milking; Cow traffic; Feed intake; Group housing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DAIRYING; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; EATING; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SILAGE; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DAIRYING; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; EATING; FEMALE; LACTATION; SILAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030225765     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(96)76519-0     Document Type: Article

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