An economic spreadsheet model to determine optimal breeding and replacement decisions for dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2146-2157

  Groenendaal, H ^a   Galligan, D T ^a   Mulder, H A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost per extra day open; Economic model; Replacement; Retention pay off

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 3242806802     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)70034-X     Document Type: Article

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