Growth Effects of Regrouping Dairy Replacement Heifers with Lighter Weight and Younger Animals

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 358-361

  Bach, A ^a,b   Juaristi, J L ^c   Ahedo, J ^c  

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

^b IRTA   (Spain)

^c Rancho Las Nieves   (Spain)

Author keywords

Average daily gain; Grouping; Management; Social

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049170774     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31120-7     Document Type: Article

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