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Volume 91, Issue 7 , Pages 2595-2603 , July 2008

Effects of Dry Period Length on Milk Production and Health of Dairy Cattle

R.D. Watters
- Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706
- Current address: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.
J.N. Guenther
- Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706
A.E. Brickner
- Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706
R.R. Rastani
- Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706
- Current address: MSC Specialty Nutrition, Dundee, IL 60118.
P.M. Crump
- Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706
P.W. Clark
- Department of Animal and Food Science, University of Wisconsin, River Falls 54022
R.R. Grummer
- Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706
- Corresponding author.

Received 14 August 2007 ,Accepted 11 February 2008.

Body condition scores for cows assigned to a shortened (S; ●) or traditional (T; ▴) dry period management strategy. * and + indicate differences between treatments at P<0.05 and P<0.01, respecti

Body condition scores for cows assigned to a shortened (S; ●) or traditional (T; ▴) dry period management strategy. * and + indicate differences between treatments at P<0.05 and P<0.01, respectively.
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