Practical implications of increasing 'natural living' through suckling systems in organic dairy calf rearing

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 375-386

  Wagenaar, J P T M ^a   Langhout, J ^a  

^a LOUIS BOLK INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Milk quality; Natural behaviour; Paratuberculosis; Weaning

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL WELFARE; DAIRY FARMING; NATURALNESS; ORGANIC FARMING; REARING; SUCKLING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34147215474     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-5214(07)80010-8     Document Type: Article

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