Understanding the welfare of dairy animals during the transition between lactations
The cessation of milking, or dry off, is a regular management practice in dairy animals. This practice initiates a non lactating, or dry, period. Milking begins again after parturition. Provision of a dry period is done largely to improve milk production in the subsequent lactation, but also to addr...
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University of British Columbia
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/52350 |