Comparison of the Labour Requirement Involved in the Housing of Dairy Cows in Different Housing Systems

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 153-160

  Hansen, Martin Nørregaard ^a  

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EID: 0040786361     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/090647000750014287     Document Type: Article

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