Fetal loss frequency in ten Holstein dairy herds

Theriogenology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1505-1513

  Forar, A L ^a,b   Gay, J M ^a   Hancock, D D ^a   Gay, C C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Box 540   (United States)

Author keywords

abortion; dairy cattle; fetal loss; pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0030174838     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0093-691X(96)00118-5     Document Type: Article

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