Determinations of feed–milk–manure relationships on grazing-based dairy farms

Feed conversion into milk, nutrient excretion in manure and subsequent environment impacts of manure management are highly influenced by the diets that farmers feed their lactating cows (Bos taurus). On confinement-based dairy farms, determinations of diet composition are relatively straightforward...

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Main Authors: J.M. Powell, S.R. Aarons, C.J.P. Gourley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-01-01
Series:Animal
Subjects:
MUN
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731112000511