Longevity of Swiss Brown cattle in different housing systems in Switzerland

Livestock Science

Volumn 101, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 134-141

  Bielfeldt, J C ^a   Tolle K H ^a   Badertscher, R ^b   Krieter, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Swiss Federal Research Station for Agricultural Economics and Engineering   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Length of productive life; Production level; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33646336633     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2005.10.023     Document Type: Article

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