Layouts and space allocation in norwegian freestall dairy barns

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 605-611

  Naess G ^a,b   Boe K E ^b  

^a Department of Mathematical Sciences and Technology ^*  (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Design; Freestall housing; Layout; Space

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC MILKING; BUILDING SPACES; FREE-STALLS; FREESTALL BARN; FREESTALL HOUSING; LACTATING COWS; MILKING PARLOR; SPACE ALLOCATION; STRUCTURAL FACTOR;

DAIRIES; HOUSING;

FARM BUILDINGS;

ALLEY CROPPING; BUILDING; CATTLE; DESIGN; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MILK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL RECORD;

EID: 77951868831     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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