Effect of restricted suckling on milk yield, milk composition and udder health in cows and behaviour and weight gain in calves, in dual-purpose cattle in the tropics

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-81

  Froberg S ^a   Aspegren Guldorff A ^a   Olsson, I ^a   Marin, B ^b   Berg, C ^a   Hernandez C ^c   Galina, C S ^c   Lidfors, L ^a   Svennersten Sjaunja, K ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b University of Mexico   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Artificial rearing; Behaviour; Calf growth; Milk yield; Udder health; Zebu crossbred cattle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MILK; MILK EJECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUCKING; SUCKLING; UDDER; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; LINEAR MODELS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MILK; MILK EJECTION; SUCKING BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

BOS; BOS INDICUS;

EID: 33847279961     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-006-4418-0     Document Type: Article

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