Predicting grass dry matter intake, milk yield and milk fat and protein yield of spring calving grazing dairy cows during the grazing season

Animal

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1379-1389

  O'Neill, B F ^a,b   Lewis, E ^a   O'Donovan, M ^a   Shalloo, L ^a   Galvin, N ^a   Mulligan, F J ^b   Boland, T M ^b   Delagarde, R ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

dairy cow; grass dry matter intake; milk solids yield; milk yield; multiple regression equation

Indexed keywords

MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IRELAND; METABOLISM; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IRELAND; LINEAR MODELS; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POACEAE; SEASONS;

EID: 84880231111     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731113000438     Document Type: Article

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