Once-daily milking of Holstein cows for one-week decreases milk yield by twenty-five percent without any carry-over effect

Livestock Science

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 192-195

  Remond B ^a   Pomies D ^b  

^a ENITA de Clermont Ferrand   (France)

^b UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Milk composition; Milk yield; Once daily milking; Residual effect

Indexed keywords

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EID: 34250020822     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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