Feed intake of Holstein, Danish Red, and Jersey cows in automatic milking systems

Livestock Science

Volumn 138, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 56-61

  Halachmi, I ^a   Borsting C F ^b   Maltz, E ^a   Edan, Y ^d   Weisbjerg, M R ^c  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b Danish Cattle Research Centre   (Denmark)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Automatic Milking System (AMS); Cow breed; Dairy cow; Dry matter intake (DMI); Milking robot

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 79955464899     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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