Effects of an individual weight-adjusted feeding strategy in early lactation on milk production of Holstein cows during extended lactation

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 2221-2236

  Gaillard, C ^a   Friggens, N C ^b   Taghipoor, M ^c   Weisbjerg, M R ^a   Lehmann, J O ^a   Sehested, J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^c PEGASE   (France)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Extended lactation; Milk production; Persistency

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BOVINE; DAIRYING; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SECRETION (PROCESS); VETERINARY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK;

EID: 84957831324     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2015-10359     Document Type: Article

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