Study of the lactation curve in dairy cattle on farms in central Mexico

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3789-3799

  Val Arreola, D ^a   Kebreab, E ^b   Dijkstra, J ^c   France, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lactation curve; Mexico; Modeling; Small scale dairy system

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 8344284384     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73518-3     Document Type: Article

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