Dairy-heifer management in the Netherlands

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 197-208

  Mourits, M C M ^a   Van Der Fels Klerx, H J ^a   Huirne, R B M ^a   Huyben, M W C ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle management; Questionnaire; Rearing practices

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICS; WEANING;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTION; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0034632928     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(00)00146-X     Document Type: Article

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