Effects of offering a concentrate or silage supplement to grazing dairy cows in late lactation on animal performance and on milk processability

Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-125

  O'Brien, B ^a   Crosse, S ^a   Dillon, P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Late lactation; Milk processability; Milk production; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030361931     PISSN: 07916833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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