Modeling extended lactations of dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1371-1380

  Vargas, B ^a,b   Koops, W J ^b   Herrero, M ^c,d   Van Arendonk, Johan A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Extended lactations; Lactation curves; Milk yield

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STATISTICS;

EID: 0034201230     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(00)75005-3     Document Type: Article

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