Sustainable dairy production systems: factors affecting heifer survival, lifetime productivity and replacement rate

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Sustainable dairy production systems: factors affecting heifer survival, lifetime productivity and replacement rate

Global per capita consumption of dairy products is set to rise 12.5% by 2025. Heifers make significant contributions to farm profitability and increasing the efficiency of heifer rearing can lead to significant improvements in whole farm productivity. This study used historical data to evaluate the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Botting, Philippa
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	Dairy heifer rearing age weight
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48145/

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