Review: Behaviour and its role in the nutritional management of the growing dairy heifer;Le comportement et son rô le dans la gestion de la nutrition des génisses laitiéres en croissance

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 295-302

  DeVries, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Nutritional management; Replacement dairy heifer

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 77957994465     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: 19181825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJAS09123     Document Type: Review

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