Post-grazing sward height imposed during the first 10 weeks of lactation: Influence on early and total lactation dairy cow production, and spring and annual sward characteristics

Livestock Science

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 299-311

  Ganche, E ^a,b   Delaby, L ^c   O'Donovan, M ^a   Boland, T M ^b   Galvin, N ^a   Kennedy, E ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c PEGASE   (France)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Early lactation; Lactation performance; Post grazing sward height; Strip grazing

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 84884291760     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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