Water, feed, and milk production response of dairy cattle exposed to transient currents

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 385-392

  Reinemann, D J ^a   Stetson, L E ^b   Laughlin, N E ^c   LeMire, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal health; Cattle; Dairy farming; Electric current; Stray voltage

Indexed keywords

DAIRY CATTLE; FEED CONSUMPTION; MILK PRODUCTION; WATER INTAKE;

NUTRITION; WATER;

AGRICULTURE;

DAIRY FARMING; HEALTH AND DISEASE;

AGRICULTURE; FEEDS; MILK; NUTRITION; WATER;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 18644380465     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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