What affects the costs of raising replacement dairy heifers: A multiple-component analysis

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1836-1844

  Tozer, P R ^a   Heinrichs, A J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Heifers; Management; Mathematical programming

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; COST; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035432595     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74623-1     Document Type: Article

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