Food intake, milk production, and tissue changes of Holstein-Friesian and Jersey × Holstein-Friesian dairy cows within a medium-input grazing system and a high-input total confinement system

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1527-1544

  Vance, E R ^a,b   Ferris, C P ^a   Elliott, C T ^b   McGettrick, S A ^a   Kilpatrick, D J ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crossbreeding; Genotype environment interaction; Milk production

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LACTATION; MILK;

EID: 84857336796     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4410     Document Type: Article

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