Effect of pregnancy and extended lactation on milk production in dairy goats milked once daily

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3894-3904

  Salama, A A K ^a,b   Caja, G ^a   Such, X ^a   Casals, R ^a   Albanell, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cisternal and alveolar milk; Dairy goat; Extended lactation; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 27644591326     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)73075-7     Document Type: Article

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