Dairy cows grazing an alpine pasture: Effect of pattern of supplement allocation on herbage intake, body condition, milk yield and coagulation properties

Animal Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-23

  Bovolenta, Stefano ^a   Ventura, Walter ^b   Malossini, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Istituto Agrario   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Herbage intake; Milk production; Pasture; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0346041820     PISSN: 16273583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/animres:2002007     Document Type: Article

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