Effects of once versus twice daily milking throughout lactation on milk yield and milk composition in dairy goats

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1673-1680

  Salama, A A K ^a,b   Such, X ^a   Caja, G ^a   Rovai, M ^a   Casals, R ^a   Albanell, E ^a   Marin M P ^a,c   Marti A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Agriculture Research Center   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SANTO TOMÁS   (Chile)

^d MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dairy goat; Milk production; Once daily milking; Somatic cell count

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

CASEIN; FAT; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GOAT; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; TIME; UDDER;

ANIMALS; CASEINS; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; FATS; FEMALE; GOATS; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0041307157     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73753-9     Document Type: Article

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