Pasture intake, milk production and grazing behaviour of dairy cows grazing low-mass pastures at three daily allowances in winter

Livestock Science

Volumn 137, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 151-160

  Perez Prieto L A ^a   Peyraud, J L ^b   Delagarde, R ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Grazing behaviour; Low mass pasture; Pasture allowance; Pasture intake; Winter

Indexed keywords

BOS; TRIFOLIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79953064634     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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