Lactation performance and feeding behavior of dairy cows supplemented via automatic feeders with soy hulls or barley based pellets

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3808-3815

  Miron, J ^a   Nikbachat, M ^a   Zenou, A ^a   Ben Ghedalia, D ^a   Solomon, R ^b   Shoshani, E ^b   Halachmi, I ^a   Livshin, N ^a   Antler, A ^a   Maltz, E ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Automatic concentrate feeder; Barley pellets; Milk production; Pelleted soy hulls

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 8344241302     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73520-1     Document Type: Article

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