How milk-fed dairy calves perform in stable versus dynamic groups

Livestock Science

Volumn 121, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 215-218

  Pedersen, R Engelbrecht ^a   Sørensen, J Tind ^b   Skjoth F ^c   Hindhede, J ^b   Nielsen, T Rousing ^b  

^a Boss Produkter a/s   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AgroTech A/S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dairy calf; Group housing; Milk feeding; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 61549122600     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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