Relationships among early lactation milk fat depression, cattle productivity and fatty acid composition on intensive dairy farms in Northern Italy

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 350-361

  Comino, Luciano ^a   Righi, Federico ^b   Coppa, Mauro ^a   Quarantelli, Afro ^b   Tabacco, Ernesto ^a   Borreani, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Fatty acids; Milk composition; Milk fat depression; Milk yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937893432     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2015.3656     Document Type: Article

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