Do Dairy Producers Use Effective Management Practices to Improve the Value of Market Cows?

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 272-277

  Tozer, P R ^a,b   Varga, G A ^a   Henning, W R ^a   Holden, L A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cow Management; Culling; Market Cows; Quality Assurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008237762     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31218-3     Document Type: Article

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