Survey on smallholder dairy farms in the Mid-Country, Sri Lanka

On smallholder dairy farms (average 2.7 cows) 40 cows and their calves were followed over a period of one year. Calving interval was 453 days, interval calving to first heat was 106 days and calving to conception 175 days. The number of services or inseminations per conception was 1, 6 ; natural ser...

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Main Authors: De Bont, J., Van Aken, D., Vercruysse, J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux 1990-01-01
Series:Tropicultura
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Online Access:http://www.tropicultura.org/text/v8n2/99.pdf