Does body size of dairy cows, at constant ratio of maintenance to production requirements, affect productivity in a pasture-based production system?

Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 717-729

  Hofstetter, P ^a   Steiger Burgos, M ^b   Petermann, R ^a,b   Munger A ^c   Blum, J W ^d   Thomet, P ^b   Menzi, H ^b   Kohler, S ^b   Kunz, P ^b  

^a Vocational School for Nature and Food   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss College of Agriculture   (Switzerland)

^c AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body weight; Dairy cow; Feed intake; Pasture; Productivity; Stocking rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DIET; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DIET; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LACTATION; SEASONS; TIME;

EID: 80054856407     PISSN: 09312439     EISSN: 14390396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0396.2010.01102.x     Document Type: Article

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