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Rumination time, milk yield, milking frequency of grazing dairy cows milked by a mobile automatic system during mild heat stress

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2015

F. Lessire
Affiliation:
FARAH-Animal Production Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Chemin de la ferme, 6 B39, 4000 Liège, Belgium
J. L. Hornick
Affiliation:
FARAH-Animal Production Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Chemin de la ferme, 6 B39, 4000 Liège, Belgium
J. Minet
Affiliation:
DER Sc. et gest. de l’Environnement (Arlon Campus Environ.), Agrométéorologie (Relation Agriculture-Environment), University of Liège, 6700 Arlon, Belgium
I. Dufrasne*
Affiliation:
FARAH-Animal Production Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Chemin de la ferme, 6 B39, 4000 Liège, Belgium
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