Short communication: Comparison of manual versus semiautomatic milk recording systems in dairy goats

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1438-1442

  Ait Saidi, A ^a   Baja, G ^a   Carne S ^a   Salama, A A K ^a,b   Ghirardi, J J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

^c Rumitag SL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dairy goat; Electronic identification; Milk recording; Transponder

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ARTICLE; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GOAT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; TIME;

ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; ANIMALS; DAIRYING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GOATS; HUMANS; MILK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42449087729     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0815     Document Type: Article

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