Dairy cattle in a temperate climate: The effects of weather on milk yield and composition depend on management

Animal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 138-149

  Hill, D L ^a   Wall, E ^a,b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Old Surgeons' Hall   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; fat percentage; heat stress; protein percentage; THI

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

MILK PROTEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMIDITY; METABOLISM; MILK; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WEATHER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; SCOTLAND; SEASONS; WEATHER;

EID: 84919434252     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731114002456     Document Type: Article

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