Dairy cow behavior affects the availability of an automatic milking system
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Dairy Cow Welfare in Automatic Milking Systems
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Dairy Science
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0022-0302
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4749