Comparison of part-time grazing and indoor silage feeding on milk production

Agricultural and Food Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 280-292

  Sairanen, Auvo ^a,c   Khalili, Hannele ^b,c   Virkajärvi, Perttu ^a,c   Hakosalo, Jenni ^c  

^a Finland's Environmental Administration   (Finland)

^b ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Milk production; Protein supplementation; Restricted grazing

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33845356749     PISSN: 14596067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2137/145960606779216326     Document Type: Article

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