Milk Yield and Composition, Nutrition, Body Conformation Traits, Body Condition Scores, Fertility and Diseases in High-Yielding Dairy Cows - Part 1

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 97-110

  Aeberhard, K ^a,b   Bruckmaier, R M ^a,c   Kuepfer, U ^a   Blum, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Beratungs Gesundheitsdienst K ^*  (Switzerland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH STATUS; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH STATUS; LACTATION; MILK; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0035290398     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0442.2001.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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