Coping capacity of dairy cows during the change from conventional to automatic milking

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 563-570

  Weiss, D ^a   Helmreich, S ^a   Mostl E ^b   Dzidic, A ^a   Bruckmaier, R M ^a,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adrenal Cortex; Dairy Cattle; Milking

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 2342505173     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2004.822563x     Document Type: Article

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