Economic analysis of reproductive management strategies on US commercial dairy farms

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4082-4091

  Olynk, N J ^a   Wolf, C A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Herd management; Reproduction; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049154318     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0858     Document Type: Article

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