Meta-analysis of the effect of pregrazing pasture mass on pasture intake, milk production, and grazing behavior of dairy cows strip-grazing temperate grasslands

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5317-5330

  Perez Prieto L A ^a,b   Delagarde, R ^a,b  

^a PEGASE   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Estimation height; Meta analysis; Pasture mass

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CATERING SERVICE; CATTLE; DIET; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LACTATION; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CATTLE; DIET; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; LACTATION;

EID: 84865313017     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-5609     Document Type: Article

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