Meal patterns of dairy cows consuming mixed foods with a high or a low ratio of concentrate to grass silage

Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 369-382

  Tolkamp, B J ^a   Friggens, N C ^a,b   Emmans, G C ^a   Kyriazakis, I ^a   Oldham, J D ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Concentrates; Cows; Feeding behaviour; Food intake; Forage; Meal patterns

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0036337206     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800052528     Document Type: Article

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