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Short communication: Effects of pregnancy on milk yield, composition traits, and coagulation properties of Holstein cows.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Jun 2016
Penasa M, De Marchi M, Cassandro M
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of pregnancy stage on milk yield, composition traits, and milk coagulation properties in Italian Holstein cattle. The data set included 25,729 records from 3,995 first-parity cows calving between August 2010 and August 2013 in 167 herds. The traits analyzed were milk yield (kg/d), fat (%), protein (%), casein (%), and lactose (%) contents, pH, somatic cell...
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