Milk Yield, Milk Composition, and the Nutritive Value of Feed Accessed Varies with Milking Order for Pasture-Based Dairy Cattle

Milk Yield, Milk Composition, and the Nutritive Value of Feed Accessed Varies with Milking Order for Pasture-Based Dairy Cattle

(1) Background: Pasture varies in its chemical composition from the top of the sward to the base and cattle prefer to eat the leaf fraction. In pasture-based dairy systems, cattle predominantly walk back to pasture voluntarily after each milking, with the first cattle arriving to pasture hours befor...

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Main Authors: Kamila Dias, Sergio Garcia, Mohammed (Rafiq) Islam, Cameron Clark
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-02-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
milking order
dairy
pasture
precision farming
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/9/2/60

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