The effect of number of daily meals for daily cows on milk yield and composition

Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 249-259

  Shabi, Z ^a   Bruckental, I ^b   Tagari, H ^a   Zamwel, S ^a   Adin, G ^c   Arieli, A ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Feeding frequency; Rumen

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039258275     PISSN: 12301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22358/jafs/69300/1998     Document Type: Article

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