The effects of plane of nutrition and diet type on metabolic hormone concentrations, growth and milk production in high genetic merit dairy herd replacements

Animal Science

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 349-362

  Carson, A F ^a,b   Wylie, A R G ^a   McEvoy, J D G ^b   McCoy, M ^a,b   Dawson, L E R ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heifers; Hormones; Milk production; Plane of nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034418271     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800054813     Document Type: Article

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