Differential response of dairy cows to supplementary light during increasing or decreasing daylength

Animal Science

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-63

  Phillips, C J C ^a,b   Lomas, C A ^a,c   Arab, T M ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Ottley College   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Dairy cows; Housing; Lighting; Milk production

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031993911     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800008833     Document Type: Article

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