Relationship of body measurements and body condition score to body weight in modern Finnish Ayrshire cows

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 170-178

  Mantysaari P ^a   Mantysaari E A ^b  

^a ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body length; Dairy cows; Heart girth; Wither height

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 57649136846     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064700802578186     Document Type: Article

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