Optimization of dairy heifer management decisions based on production conditions of Pennsylvania

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1989-1997

  Mourits, M C M ^a   Galligan, D T ^b   Dijkhuizen, A A ^a   Huirne, R B M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Heifer rearing; Optimization; Pennsylvania

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTATION; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MEAT PRODUCTS; MILK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PENNSYLVANIA; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

EID: 0034276694     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(00)75076-4     Document Type: Article

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