Milk yield affects time budget of dairy cows in tie-stalls

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 102-108

  Norring, M ^a   Valros, A ^a   Munksgaard, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Behavior; Dairy cow; Lying; Milk yield

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; PARITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84055184135     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2010-3458     Document Type: Article

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