Welfare and performance of yearling dairy heifers out-wintered on a wood-chip pad or housed indoors on two levels of nutrition

Animal

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 769-778

  Boyle, L A ^a   Boyle, R M ^a   French, P ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Dairy; Heifer; Performance; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 42149160000     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731108001870     Document Type: Article

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