Precision diet formulation to improve performance and profitability across various climates: Modeling the implications of increasing the formulation frequency of dairy cattle diets

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1563-1577

  White, Robin R ^a   Capper, Judith L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variability; Dairy; Milk yield; Precision feeding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BOVINE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; DAIRYING; DIET; ECONOMICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; SEASON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLIMATE; DAIRYING; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84894054945     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-6859     Document Type: Article

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