The yield and composition of milk in Sarda, Awassi, and merino sheep milked unilaterally at different frequencies

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2879-2884

  Nudda, A ^a   Bencini, R ^b   Mijatovic, S ^b   Pulina, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Milk composition; Milk yield; Milking frequency; Sheep

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SARDA;

FAT; LACTOSE; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; SHEEP; STANDARD; TIME;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; FATS; FEMALE; LACTATION; LACTOSE; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036834816     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74375-0     Document Type: Article

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