Crossbreds of Jersey x Holstein compared with pure Holsteins for body weight, body condition score, dry matter intake, and feed efficiency during the first one hundred fifty days of first lactation

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3716-3722

  Heins, B J ^a   Hansen, L B ^a   Seykora, A J ^a   Hazel, A R ^a   Johnson, D G ^a   Linn, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body condition score; Body weight; Crossbreeding; Feed efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649154552     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1094     Document Type: Article

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