Feed intake of the dry cow
Feeding the Dry Cow
Published: January 1, 2002
Summary
Under ideal conditions, dairy cows produce milk during 305 days of the year and are dry the remaining 60 (table 1). In reality, feeding for high production should begin during the dry period or towards the end of the previous lactation. With dry periods shorter than 40 days, there´s not enough time to regenerate the mammary tissue; this may result in production losses of 20–40% during...
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26 de junio de 2012
Good article which gives basic rules of dry cow management. I strongly suggest to read and evaluate this article for your herd If you are dairymen.
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26 de junio de 2012
Good article about dry cow
handy for the dairy enterprise
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26 de junio de 2012
Very useful dicussion
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