Milk production in swedish dairy cows managed for calving intervals of 12 and 15 months

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 263-271

  Rehn, Harriet ^a   Berglund, Britt ^a   Emanuelson, Ulf ^a   Tengroth, Gudrun ^a   Philipsson, Jan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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EID: 0034311433     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/090647000750069458     Document Type: Article

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