A Summary of the Reasons Why Farmers Cull Cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2299-2305

  Bascom, S S ^a   Young, A J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cows; Culling reasons; Reproductive management

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0032132558     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75810-2     Document Type: Article

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