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Lifetime nitrogen use efficiency of dairy cattle: model description and sensitivity analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 October 2016

A. Foskolos  and
J. M. Moorby
A. Foskolos
Affiliation:
Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Gogerddan, Aberystwyth SY23 3EE, UK
J. M. Moorby*
Affiliation:
Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Gogerddan, Aberystwyth SY23 3EE, UK
*
†E-mail: jxm@aber.ac.uk
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nitrogen use efficiencydairy cattleherd model
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Advances in Animal Biosciences , Volume 7 , Special Issue 3: Proceedings of LiveM 2016: Modelling Grassland-Livestock Systems Under Climate Change , November 2016 , pp. 256 - 258
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© The Animal Consortium 2016 

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