Time study on dairy cows in an automatic milking system with a selection unit and one-way cow traffic

Canadian Agricultural Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 221-229

  Stefanowska, J ^a   Devir, S ^a,b   Hogeveen, H ^a,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KBAFIKIM   (Israel)

^c Research Station for Cattle   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automatic milking; Behavior; Cow traffic; Lay out; Selection unit

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; DAIRY PRODUCTS;

AUTOMATIC MILKING SYSTEMS (AMS);

MILKING MACHINES;

EID: 0031177179     PISSN: 0045432X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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