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Tackling the future challenges of Organic Animal Husbandry - vTI

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! Agriculture and Forestry Research, Special Issue No 362 (Braunschweig, 2012) ISSN 0376-0723<br />

Download: www.vti.bund.de/en/startseite/vti-publications/landbauforschung-special-issues.html<br />

score and <strong>the</strong> overall herd score. If <strong>the</strong> herd score exceeded <strong>the</strong> farm score by more than five points<br />

(difference was 145 cm<br />

weight ≤ 500 kg; 501-600 kg; 601-700 kg; >700 kg<br />

feet and legs big-boned; ra<strong>the</strong>r big-boned, ra<strong>the</strong>r fine-boned; fine-boned<br />

muscling heavy; ra<strong>the</strong>r heavy, ra<strong>the</strong>r light; light<br />

temperament calm; ra<strong>the</strong>r calm, ra<strong>the</strong>r spirited; excitable<br />

milk yield per year kg (from breeding company database)<br />

milk per day kg (from breeding company database)<br />

milk per kg live weight 10.5 kg (calculated by consutant)<br />

mean BCS <strong>of</strong> all lactating cows >3.0; 3.0; 2.75; ≤ 2.5 (assessed by consultant)<br />

age at first calving >34 months; 30-34 months; 25-29 months; 0.6 or overlapping with regards to meaning were not simultaneously included in one model. Explanatory<br />

variables univariably associated with p

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