The effects of pre- and early post-calving management on reproductive performance of beef cows

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 337-342

  Boadi, Dinah ^a   Price, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef cows; Birthweight; Condition score; Feed restriction; Rebreeding; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030490824     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/cjas96-050     Document Type: Article

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