Concentrate feeding and milk yield based on field data of milk recorded herds

Agricultural and Food Science in Finland

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 423-436

  Kaustell, Kaisa ^a   Mäntysaari, Esa A ^a   Huhtanen, Pekka ^a  

^a ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Animal evaluation; Compound feeds; Dairy cows; Grain; Herd management; Milk production

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0040039993     PISSN: 12390992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23986/afsci.5605     Document Type: Article

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