Intake regulation and grazing behavior of dairy cows under continuous stocking

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 3417-3427

  Taweel, H Z ^a   Tas, B M ^a   Dijkstra, J ^a   Tamminga, S ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bite mass; Grazing behavior; Intake rate; Rumen fill

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 6944249401     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73477-3     Document Type: Article

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