Effect of omitting one or two milkings weekly on lactational performance in dairy ewes

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-215

  Hervás, Gonzalo ^a   Ramella, Jorge L ^b,d   López, Secundino ^b,c   González, Jesús S ^b,c   Mantecón, Ángel R ^a,c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Assaf; Dairy sheep; Milk composition; Milk yield; Milking frequency

Indexed keywords

MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECRETION; SHEEP; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33646454445     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: 14697629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029905001603     Document Type: Article

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