Feeding behaviour of high yielding dairy cows during early lactation;Untersuchungen zum Fressverhalten Hochleistender Milchkühe in der Frühlaktation

Zuchtungskunde

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 219-230

  Kaufmann, O ^a   Azizi, O ^a   Hasselmann, L ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Early lactation; Feed intake; Feeding behaviour

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 34249654632     PISSN: 00445401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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