Associations between Winter Herd Management Factors and Milk Protein Yield in Ontario Dairy Herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2790-2802

  Sargeant, J M ^a,b   Lissemore, K D ^a   Martin, S W ^a   Leslie, K E ^a   McBride, B W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Management; Milk protein; Questionnaire; Yield

Indexed keywords

LIPID; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; LIPIDS; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS;

EID: 0031262051     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(97)76242-8     Document Type: Article

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