Sward characteristics, grass dry matter intake and milk production performance is affected by timing of spring grazing and subsequent stocking rate

Livestock Science

Volumn 115, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 158-168

  O'Donovan, Michael ^a   Delaby, Luc ^b  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Herbage intake; Spring grazing; Turnout date

Indexed keywords

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EID: 41949110000     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.07.010     Document Type: Article

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