Five or eight weeks of restricted suckling: Influence on dairy calves' feed intake, growth and suckling behaviour

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 121-128

  Hepola, H ^a   Raussi, S ^a,b   Veissier, I ^c   Pursiainen, P ^a   Ikkelajarvi K ^a   Saloniemi, H ^a   Syrjala Qvist L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

Calf; Concentrate; Hay; Milk; Nursing; Suckling; Weaning

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 41549127937     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064700701867961     Document Type: Article

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