Time required to determine performance variables and production efficiency of lactating dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4340-4353

  Asher, A ^a,b   Shabtay, A ^a   Haim, A ^b   Aharoni, Y ^a   Miron, J ^a   Adin, G ^c   Tamir, A ^d   Arieli, A ^e   Halachmi, I ^a   Moallem, U ^a   Orlov, A ^a   Brosh, A ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dairy lactating cow; Feed efficiency; Optimal test duration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BOVINE; CALORIC INTAKE; FEMALE; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84902661813     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-7265     Document Type: Article

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