Milk production, reproductive performance, milk somatic cell count and disease incidences in alternative housing systems for dairy cows

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers - 6th International Dairy Housing Conference 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 71-75

  Simensen, E ^a   Kielland, C ^a   Boe K E ^a   Ruud, L E ^a   Naess, G ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cubicle flooring; Dairy cattle; Disease incidence; Free stalls; Mattress; Milk production; Reproduction; Tie stalls

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN SOCIETY; AUTOMATIC FEEDING; BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERS; CUBICLE FLOORING; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRY COWS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; FEEDING SYSTEMS; FREE-STALLS; HEALTH DATA; HOUSING UNITS; MAIL SURVEYS; MATTRESS; MILK PRODUCTION; RECODING; RELATED RISK; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH PROGRAMMES; RISK FACTORS; SECOND PHASE; SOMATIC CELL COUNT; SOMATIC CELLS; TIE-STALLS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; CELLS; DAIRIES; FEEDING; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HOUSING;

FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS;

EID: 52049104393     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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