Questionnaire identifying management practices surrounding calving on spring-calving dairy farms and their associations with herd size and herd expansion

Animal

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 868-877

  Cummins, C ^a,b   Berry, D P ^a   Sayers, R ^a   Lorenz, I ^b   Kennedy, E ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

calves; calving; colostrum; dairy; dry period

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BOVINE; COLOSTRUM; DAIRYING; FEMALE; IRELAND; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; STANDARDS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLOSTRUM; DAIRYING; FEMALE; IRELAND; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84957610706     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731116000124     Document Type: Article

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