Relationships between milking frequency, lactation persistency and milk yield in Swedish Red heifers and cows milked in a voluntary attendance automatic milking system

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 379-384

  Pettersson, Gunnar ^a   Svennersten Sjaunja, Kerstin ^a   Knight, Christopher H ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

automatic milking; Dairy cattle; lactation persistency; milking frequency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWEDEN; TIME;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

BOS;

EID: 80155211167     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: 14697629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029911000471     Document Type: Article

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