Investigations on automatically measured feed intake amount in dairy cows during the oestrus period

The aim of this study was to determine whether feed intake amount and feed intake behaviour could be related to oestrus in dairy cows. Furthermore, we investigated whether oestrus had an effect on daily milk yield. A total of 138 oestrus cycles, leading to conception of 100 cows, were analysed. The...

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Main Authors: K. Halli, C. Koch, F.-J. Romberg, S. Hoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2015-03-01
Series:Archives Animal Breeding
Online Access:http://www.arch-anim-breed.net/58/93/2015/aab-58-93-2015.pdf