Effect of nursing management and skeletal size at weaning on puberty, skeletal growth rate, and milk production during first lactation of dairy heifers

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1460-1469

  Shamay, A ^a   Werner, D ^b   Moallem, U ^a   Barash, H ^a   Bruckental, I ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Milk production; Nursing management; Puberty; Skeletal growth

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; ELEMENTAL DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZATION; SECRETION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SUCKLING; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CATTLE; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOD, FORMULATED; LACTATION; MILK; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 23344447981     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)72814-9     Document Type: Article

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