Milk production from Holstein half udders after concurrent thirty- and seventy-day dry periods

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3953-3962

  Gulay, M S ^a   Hayen, M J ^b   Head, H H ^b   Wilcox, C J ^b   Bachman, K C ^b  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Days dry; Dry period; Half udder; Milk yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644441471     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)73081-2     Document Type: Article

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