Regional production differences

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 86, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Ely, L O ^a   Smith, J W ^a   Oleggini, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy management; Dairy region; Dairy trends; Herd size

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744544611     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)74037-5     Document Type: Article

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