Development of a cost analysis spreadsheet for calculating the costs to raise a replacement dairy heifer 1

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1104-1109

  Gabler, M T ^a   Tozer, P R ^a   Heinrichs, A J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heifer economics; Heifer rearing

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTATION; WEANING;

AGING; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; SOFTWARE; WEANING;

EID: 0034185735     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(00)74975-7     Document Type: Article

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