Milking frequency and nutritional level affect grazing behaviour of dairy cows: A case study

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 122, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 77-83

  O'Driscoll, Keelin ^a,b   O'Brien, Bernadette ^a   Gleeson, David ^a   Boyle, Laura ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Grazing; Milking frequency; Ruminating

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; GRASS; GRAZING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MILK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 73949123136     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.11.014     Document Type: Article

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