Voluntary automatic milking in combination with grazing of dairy cows: Milking frequency and effects on behaviour

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-109

  Ketelaar De Lauwere, C C ^a   Ipema, A H ^a   Van Ouwerkerk, E N J ^a   Hendriks, M M W B ^a   Metz, J H M ^a   Noordhuizen, J P T M ^b   Schouten, W G P ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cattle milking; Climate; Feeding and nutrition; Fully automatic milking; Grazing; Milking frequency

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; FRIESIA;

EID: 0033152584     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00027-1     Document Type: Article

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