Invited review: Assessing experimental designs for research conducted on commercial dairies

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-15

  Tempelman, R J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental design; Experimental unit; Scope of inference

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 58349101111     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1404     Document Type: Review

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