Dry period length to maximize production across adjacent lactations and lifetime production

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1713-1722

  Kuhn, M T ^a   Hutchison, J L ^a   Norman, H D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Days dry; Lifetime production

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARITY; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745903111     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72239-1     Document Type: Article

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