Use of empirical models that describe the response of lactating dairy cattle to varying ratios of silage to concentrate as described in terms of metabolizable energy intake: The prediction of milk yield and its constituents from a combination of two empirical models

Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 335-341

  Woods, V B ^a   Kilpatrick, D J ^b   Gordon, F J ^a,b  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concentrates; Dairy cows; Grass silage; Models

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 7544245604     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800090196     Document Type: Article

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