Forced versus free traffic in an automated milking system

Livestock Science

Volumn 138, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 244-250

  Munksgaard, L ^a   Rushen, J ^b   de Passille A M ^b   Krohn, C C ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automated milking system; Behaviour; Cow traffic; Milking frequency

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955483546     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2010.12.023     Document Type: Article

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