Predicting milk yield and composition in lactating sows: A Bayesian approach

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2285-2298

  Hansen, A V ^a   Strathe, A B ^a   Kebreab, E ^a   France, J ^b   Theil, P K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Lactation; Meta analysis; Milk composition; Milk yield; Modeling; Sow

Indexed keywords

FAT; LACTOSE; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATS; FEMALE; LACTATION; LACTOSE; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84882701859     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2011-4788     Document Type: Article

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