Variations in feeding behaviour of high-yielding dairy cows in relation to parity during early to peak lactation

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 130-140

  Azizi, Osman ^a   Hasselmann, Lutz ^b   Kaufmann, Otto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KURDISTAN   (Iran)

^b Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Feed intake; Feeding behaviour; Parity

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 77953242744     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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