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Some Effects of Seasonal Changes in Dairy Herd Management upon Milk Yields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2016

A. W. A. Burt
A. W. A. Burt*
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
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Seasonal variations in the milk production of a dairy herd are due to the seasonal distribution of calvings, to changes in the potential productivity of the herd due to effects of age, and to seasonal changes in the herd environment.

This is a preliminary report of an attempt to estimate the effect of these seasonal changes in climate, feeding and management upon milk yields during single herd years, by making adjustments for the effects of the calving distribution and changes in potential productivity. Milk records from two Dairy Shorthorn herds were used.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production , Volume 1954 , 1954 , pp. 27 - 28
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1954

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* Now at National Institute for Research in Dairying, Reading.

† To be published in full in the Journal of Agricultural Science