Comparison of zero concentrate supplementation with different quantities of concentrates in terms of production, animal health, and profitability of organic dairy farms in Austria

Organic Agriculture

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 233-242

  Ertl, P ^a   Knaus, W ^a   Steinwidder, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Agricultural Research and Education Centre Raumberg Gumpenstein   (Austria)

Author keywords

Animal health; Animal nutrition; Concentrates; Dairy cow; Low input; Organic

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84919920885     PISSN: 18794238     EISSN: 18794246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13165-014-0077-z     Document Type: Article

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