Growth rate, health and welfare in a dairy herd with natural suckling until 6-8 weeks of age: A case report

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Grøndahl, Ann Margaret ^a   Skancke, Ellen Margrete ^a   Mejdell, Cecilie Marie ^b   Jansen, Johan Høgset ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUCKLING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; NORWAY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 34447544587     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-49-16     Document Type: Article

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