Competition for total mixed diets fed restrictively using one or four cows per feeding station

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica - Section A: Animal Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-70

  Olofsson, Jan ^a   Wiktorsson, Hans ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Dairy cows; Feed intake; Restricted feeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035256305     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/090647001300004808     Document Type: Article

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