Development and evaluation of models to predict the feed intake of dairy cows in early lactation

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 294-306

  Shah, M A ^a,b   Murphy, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dairy; Dry matter intake; Early lactation; Model

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 30844445798     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72094-X     Document Type: Article

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