Fit of Wood's function to weekly records of milk yield, total digestible nutrient intake and body weight changes in early lactation of multiparous Holstein cows in Japan

Livestock Science

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 156-164

  Choumei, Y ^a   Kahi, A K ^a   Hirooka, H ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body weight; Holstein cows; Lactation curves; Metabolizable energy; TDN intake

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 38849178942     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2006.04.015     Document Type: Article

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