Management of the high yielding dairy cow

Authors

  • Jack L. Albright Department of Animal Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1997no31.2p29-33

Keywords:

animal behaviour, animal health, animal husbandry, behaviour, cows, dairy cattle, dairy farms, dairy herds, farm management, feeding, feeding behaviour, management, milk yield, milking parlours, stress

Abstract

This paper briefly discusses the management of dairy cattle, with particular reference to the following: feeding, and competition within the herd for feed and water resources, stress and how to recognise stressed behaviour in cows, and design of facilities (including milking parlours) to reduce stress and contribute to increasing milk yield.

Cover image of Volume 31.2 of the Bovine Practitioner: a photo of the Montréal waterfront in mid-afternoon

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Published

1997-05-01

Issue

No. 31.2 (1997 May)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Management of the high yielding dairy cow. (1997). The Bovine Practitioner, 1997(31.2), 29-33. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1997no31.2p29-33