Early lactation dairy cows: Development of equations to predict intake and milk performance at grazing

Livestock Science

Volumn 122, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 214-221

  McEvoy, M ^a,b   Delaby, L ^c   Kennedy, E ^a   Boland, T M ^b   O'Donovan, M ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Early lactation; Grazing; Intake; Milk production; Prediction equations

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 64749095274     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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