Attainment of puberty and response to superovulation in performance-tested simmental heifers

Animal Science

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-71

  Tregaskes, L D ^a,b,c   Broadbent, P J ^a   Hutchinson, J S M ^b   Roden, J A ^b   Dolman, D F ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c Teagasc Belclare Tuam Co   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Heifers; Performance testing; Puberty; Superovulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030213187     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800028290     Document Type: Article

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