Event-time analysis of the effect of 60-day milk production on the parturition-to-conception interval in dairy cows

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 634-639

  Harman, J L ^a,c   Grohn Y T ^a   Erb, H N ^a   Casella, G ^b  

^a Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

^b Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; LABOR; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL; TIME;

AGING; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LACTATION; LIPIDS; MILK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030140964     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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