Reproductive performance, general health, and longevity of dairy cows at a Swedish research farm with both organic and conventional production

Livestock Science

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 11-19

  Fall, N ^a   Forslund, K ^a   Emanuelson, U ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health; Longevity; Organic dairy cow; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 51349118276     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.01.017     Document Type: Article

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