Restricting dairy cow access time to pasture in early lactation: The effects on milk production, grazing behaviour and dry matter intake

Animal

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1805-1813

  Kennedy, E ^a   Curran, J ^a   Mayes, B ^b   McEvoy, M ^a   Murphy, J P ^a   O'Donovan, M ^a  

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

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grazing behaviour; Milk production; Pasture; Restricted access; Silage supplementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874330907     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731111000826     Document Type: Article

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