Once-daily milking effects in high-yielding alpine dairy goats

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5447-5455

  Komara, M ^a,b,c   Boutinaud, M ^a   Ben Chedly, H ^a,b,c   Guinard Flament, J ^a,b,c   Marnet, P G ^b,c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Dairy goat; Milk quality; Once daily milking; Udder cisternal size

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 70350321994     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2179     Document Type: Article

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