Keeping profitable cows in the herd: A lifetime cost-benefit assessment to support culling decisions
Increasing the productive lifespan of dairy cows is important to achieve a sustainable dairy industry, but making strategic culling decisions based on cow profitability is challenging for farmers. The objective of this study was to carry out a lifetime cost-benefit analysis based on production and h...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-10-01
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| Series: | Animal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731122001859 |