Use of impact testing to predict softness, cow preference, and hardening over time of stall bases

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3080-3088

  Fulwider, W K ^a   Palmer, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Cow preference; Freestall base; Hardness

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544224405     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73442-6     Document Type: Article

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