Urine patch distribution under dairy grazing at three stocking rates in Ireland

Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-160

  Dennis, S J ^a,c   Moir, J L ^c   Cameron, K C ^c   Di, H J ^c   Hennessy, D ^b   Richards, K G ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Grazed pasture; Stocking rate; Urine distribution

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84863935222     PISSN: 07916833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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