Effect of automatic feeding of total mixed rations on the diurnal visiting pattern of dairy cows to an automatic milking system

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-39

  Belle, Zacharie ^a   André, Geert ^a   Pompe, Johanna C A M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAIRIES; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

AUTOMATIC FEEDING; AUTOMATIC FEEDING SYSTEMS; AUTOMATIC MILKING; FEEDING SYSTEM; FOURIER HARMONICS; LAGGED VARIABLES; RESTRICTED MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES;

FEEDING;

BOS;

EID: 83955161232     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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