Effect of space allowance and access to bedding in Slatted-Floor housing systems during second-year rearing on subsequent milk production of primiparious dairy cows

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-56

  Mogensen, Lisbeth ^a   Sørensen, Jan Tind ^a   Hindhede, Jens ^a   Nielsen, Lone Harder ^a   Kristensen, Anders Ringgeard ^b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cattle; Heifer; On farm research; Yield

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; FRIESIA;

EID: 0033076008     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/090647099421531     Document Type: Article

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