Drinking behavior of lactating dairy cows and prediction of their water intake

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2257-2264

  Cardot, V ^a   Le Roux, Y ^b   Jurjanz, S ^b  

^a La Buvette   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Drinking behavior; Lactating cow; Prediction of water intake

Indexed keywords

BOS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 44949177374     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0204     Document Type: Article

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