Effect of concentrate supplementation level on production, health and efficiency in an organic dairy herd

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 153-165

  Sehested, Jakob ^a   Kristensen, Troels ^a   Søegaard, Karen ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Energy level; Extensive dairy; Feed conversion; Feeding strategy; Milk production; Pasture; Reproduction; Summer feeding

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 0037355558     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(02)00317-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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