Concentrate composition for Automatic Milking Systems - Effect on milking frequency

Livestock Science

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-50

  Madsen, J ^a   Weisbjerg, M R ^b   Hvelplund, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cattle; Eating behavior; Milk yield; Milking robot; Palatability; Preference; Selection

Indexed keywords

AVENA; BOS; HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70449517388     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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