Dairy cattle culling patterns, explanations, and implications

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2286-2296

  Hadley, G L ^a   Wolf, C A ^b   Harsh, S B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culling; Economics; Management

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

FAT; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; FATS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW ENGLAND; POPULATION DENSITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

EID: 33747627134     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72300-1     Document Type: Article

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