Effects of continuous milking during a field trial on productivity, milk protein yield and health in dairy cows

Animal

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1130-1138

  Kopf M ^a   Gellrich, K ^a   Kuchenhoff H ^b   Meyer, H H D ^a   Kliem, H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

continuous milking; dairy cow; financial benefit; health

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; MILK PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BOVINE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GLUCOSE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LACTATION; MILK; MILK PROTEINS;

EID: 84902677331     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731114001062     Document Type: Article

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