Complete-lactation milk and component yields following a short (35-d) or a conventional (60-d) dry period management strategy in commercial Holstein herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2302-2311

  Santschi, D E ^a,b,c   Lefebvre, D M ^c   Cue, R I ^d   Girard, C L ^b   Pellerin, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c Valacta   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conventional dry period; Dairy cow; Production; Short dry period

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; SECRETION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955081820     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3594     Document Type: Article

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