Fertility disorders and subsequent fertility in dairy cattle

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 213-220

  Ouweltjes, W ^a   Smolders, E A A ^a   Elving, L ^b   Van Eldik, P ^b   Schukken, Y H ^b  

^a Res Stn Cattle Sheep Horse Husb   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Fertility disorders; Phenotypic parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002748215     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(96)01392-9     Document Type: Article

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