A survey on dairy heifer farm management practices in a Western-European plainland, the French Pays de la Loire region

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 518-533

  Le Cozler, Y ^a,b   Recourse O ^c   Ganche, E ^a   Giraud, D ^a   Danel, J ^a   Bertin, M ^d   Brunschwig, P ^b,e  

^a PEGASE   (France)

^b Domaine de la Prise   (France)

^c CLASEL   (France)

^d Les Contrôles de Performances ^*  (France)

^e Institut de l'Elevage   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CATTLE; DETECTION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MILK; MONITORING; REARING; SURVEY; WEANING; WEIGHT;

FRANCE; PAYS DE LA LOIRE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84862511731     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: 14695146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021859612000032     Document Type: Article

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