Competition for feed affects the feeding behavior of growing dairy heifers

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3922-3929

  deVries, T J ^a   Von keyserlingk, M A G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition; Dairy heifer; Feeding behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 68949207780     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1934     Document Type: Article

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