Automatic milking and grazing - Effects of distance to pasture and level of supplements on milk yield and cow behavior

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1702-1712

  Sporndly E ^a   Wredle, E ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Automatic milking; Behavior; Grazing; Milk production

Indexed keywords

FESTUCA; POA; POA PRATENSIS; SCHEDONORUS PRATENSIS;

EID: 19244370171     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73323-8     Document Type: Article

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