Water intake and dry matter intake changes as a feeding management tool and indicator of health and estrus status in dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3385-3394

  Lukas, J M ^a   Reneau, J K ^a   Linn, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease detection; Dry matter intake; Water intake

Indexed keywords

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EID: 52649114240     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0926     Document Type: Article

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