Effect of amount of concentrate offered in automatic milking systems on milking frequency, feeding behavior, and milk production of dairy cattle consuming high amounts of corn silage

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 5049-5055

  Bach, A ^a,b   Iglesias, C ^c   Calsamiglia, S ^d   Devantf, M ^b  

^a INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

^c SEMEGA Diputació de Girona   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automatic milking; Behavior; Concentrate

Indexed keywords

BOS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 41449112795     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0347     Document Type: Article

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