Effect of Plane of Nutrition before and after 200 Kilograms of Body Weight on Mammary Development of Prepubertal Holstein Heifers

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1255-1260

  Niezen, J H ^a,b   Grieve, D G ^a   Mcbride, B W ^a   Burton, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Mammary development; Nutrition; Plane of nutrition; Prepubertal development

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

DNA; RNA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ORGAN SIZE; SEXUAL MATURATION; UDDER; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DNA; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; ORGAN SIZE; RNA; SEXUAL MATURATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030179815     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(96)76479-2     Document Type: Article

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