Modelling Pasture-based Automatic Milking System Herds: Grazeable Forage Options
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Modelling Pasture-based Automatic Milking System Herds: Grazeable Forage Options
One of the challenges to increase milk production in a large pasture-based herd with an automatic milking system (AMS) is to grow forages within a 1-km radius, as increases in walking distance increases milking interval and reduces yield. The main objective of this study was to explore sustainable forage option technologies that can supply high amount of grazeable forages for AMS herds using th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1011-2367,1976-5517
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.14.0384