Feeding management and feeds on dairy farms in New South Wales and Victoria

Animal Production Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-29

  Bramley, E ^a   Lean, I J ^b   Fulkerson, W J ^c   Costa, N D ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SBScibus   (Australia)

^c Dairy Farm Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

dairy cows; pasture; supplementary feeds

Indexed keywords

CANOLA; CATTLE; DAIRY FARMING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LIMESTONE; MILK PRODUCTION; MINERAL; PASTURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

BOS; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; MICROPUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84855961729     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN11214     Document Type: Article

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