Impact of increasing grain feeding frequency on production of dairy cows grazing pasture

Livestock Science

Volumn 125, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 109-114

  Pulido, R G ^a   Munoz R ^a   Lemarie, P ^a   Wittwer, F ^a   Orellana, P ^b   Waghorn, G C ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c DAIRYNZ   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Concentrate supplementation; Dairy cows; Grazing

Indexed keywords

BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 68949183509     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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