Calving difficulty in dairy cows has a longer effect on saleable milk yield than on estimated milk production

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1804-1812

  Barrier, A C ^a   Haskell, M J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calving difficulty; Dairy cow; Dystocia; Milk production

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; LABOR COMPLICATION; LACTATION; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79952753400     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3641     Document Type: Article

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