Automatic recording of daily walkover liveweight of dairy cattle at pasture in the first 100 days in milk

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4431-4440

  Alawneh, J I ^a   Stevenson, M A ^a   Williamson, N B ^a   Lopez Villalobos, N ^a   Otley, T ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Tru Test New Zealand ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Automatic walkover weighing; Concordance; Daily liveweight; Dairy cattle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; REFERENCE VALUE;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; REFERENCE VALUES;

BOS;

EID: 80051732914     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-4002     Document Type: Article

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