Milking-to-milking variability for milk yield, fat and protein percentage, and somatic cell count

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3412-3423

  Quist, M A ^a   LeBlanc, S J ^a   Hand, K J ^b   Lazenby, D ^b   Miglior, F ^c,d   Kelton, D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Ontario Dairy Herd Improvement Corp   (Canada)

^c SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN DAIRY NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feed management; Milking to milking variability; Seasonal effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649086229     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0184     Document Type: Article

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