Performance of lactating dairy cows managed on pasture-based or in freestall barn-feeding systems

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1264-1276

  Fontaneli, R S ^a   Sollenberger, L E ^b   Littell, R C ^c   Staples, C R ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forages; Grazing; Management system; Milk yield

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; CYNODON; LOLIUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; SECALE CEREALE; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; EATING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; RANDOMIZATION; SEASON; SECRETION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DAIRYING; EATING; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LACTATION; MILK; POACEAE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEASONS;

EID: 22144490277     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)72793-4     Document Type: Article

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