Diurnal variation in rumen fill of dairy cows grazing Persian clover at different pasture allowances

Animal Production Science

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1388-1393

  Williams, Y J ^a,c   Doyle, P T ^b   Egan, A R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Peter Doyle Consulting   (Australia)

^c Tatura Milk Industries   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

grazing behaviour; rumination.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905676992     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: 18365787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN14307     Document Type: Article

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