Morning vs. evening feed delivery for lactating dairy cows

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-122

  Nikkhah, A ^a   Furedi, C J ^b   Kennedy, A D ^b   Scott, S L ^c   Wittenberg, K M ^b   Crow, G H ^b   Plaizier, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZANJAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feed delivery; Feeding behaviour; Milk production; Rumen fermentation

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 79953731200     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: 19181825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJAS10012     Document Type: Article

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