Modeling daily energy balance of dairy cows in the first three lactations

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2226-2237

  Banos, G ^a   Coffey, M P ^b   Brotherstone, S ^b,c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Energy balance; Model functions

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 26444459780     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)72898-8     Document Type: Article

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