Modelling the effect of the stage of pregnancy on dairy cows' milk yield

Animal Science

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 401-408

  Coulon, J B ^a   Perochon L ^b   Lescourret, F ^b  

^a INRA   (France)

^b Laboratoire d'Ecopathohgie ^*  (France)

Author keywords

dairy cows; mathematical models; milk yield; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84974291821     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: 1748748X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800013278     Document Type: Article

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