A comparison of free-stall barns used by modernized Wisconsin dairies

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 528-541

  Bewley, J ^a   Palmer, R W ^a   Jackson Smith, D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Expansion; Free stall; Housing; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROWDING; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LACTATION; MANURE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CROWDING; DAIRYING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LACTATION; MANURE; MILK; TEMPERATURE; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0035259773     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74504-3     Document Type: Article

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