Night feeding for high-yielding dairy cows in hot weather: Effects on intake, milk yield and energy expenditure

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-219

  Aharoni, Y ^a   Brosh, A ^a   Harari, Y ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Climate; Dairy cattle; Energy expenditure; Intake; Milk yield; Night feeding

Indexed keywords

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EID: 14944362370     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2004.08.013     Document Type: Article

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