Predicting feed intake of the individual dairy cow

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2254-2267

  Halachmi, I ^a   Edan, Y ^b   Moallem, U ^a   Maltz, E ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Dry matter intake model; Feed ration; Milking robot

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 3242808345     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)70046-6     Document Type: Article

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