Effects of Liberal Concentrate Feeding on Health, Reproductive Efficiency, Economy of Milk Production, and Other Related Responses of the Dairy Cow

An increasing supply of grain at lower prices has en- couraged dairymen to feed more concentrates to cows bred for high production. Some dairymen have experienced phenomenal changes in levels of production resulting from liberal grain feeding, but most of these were due to a change from low to moderate, or from moderate to high rates of grain feeding. Many such situations involved in- dividual cows of exceptional appetite and unusual toler- ance to digestive stress, as well as special catering by an expert dairyman

Functional description for the Worldwide Port System (WPS) Regional Integrated Cargo Database (ICDB)

This Functional Description for the Worldwide Port System (WPS) Regional Integrated Cargo Database (ICDB) documents the purpose of and requirements for the ICDB in order to ensure a mutual understanding between the development group and the user group of the system. This Functional Description defines ICDB and provides a clear statement of the initial operational capability to be developed