Simulating Individual Cow Milk Yield for Milking Parlor Simulation Models
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Simulating individual cow milk yield for milking parlor simulation models.
A method of simulating individual cow milk yield per milking as a function of herd milk yield and month was formulated for milking parlor simulation models. Milk yield per milking was modeled for each month in three herd milk yield categories: 8165, 8845, and 9525 kg/yr of milk per cow. Actual individual cow DHIA test day milk weight data for three Florida dairy herds in each herd milk yield ca...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Dairy Science
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0022-0302
DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(94)77068-5