Effects of automatic milking on body condition score and fertility of dairy cows

Automatic milking, a better understanding

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 135-140

  Dearing, J ^a   Hillerton, J E ^a   Poelarends, J J ^b   Neijenhuis, F ^b   Sampimon, O C ^c   Fossing, C ^d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^d Institute for Animal Sciences   (Denmark)

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