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A note on a stochastic model to describe the milk yield of a dairy cow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

E. A. Goodall  and
D. Sprevak
E. A. Goodall
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland†
D. Sprevak
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering Mathematics, Queen's University of Belfast, Newforge Lane, Belfast BT9 5PX
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Abstract

By studying the behaviour of the time series of the difference between the observed values of milk yield and the fitted lactation curve, a stochastic model for milk yield is derived. The model is used to improve the fit of the lactation curve, to forecast milk yield and to generate simulated values of milk yield.

Type
Research Article
Information
Animal Production , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , February 1984 , pp. 133 - 136
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1984

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