Relationship between Body Condition Scores and Conception at First Artificial Insemination in a Large Dairy Herd of High Yielding Holstein Cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 113-120

  Domecq, J J ^a   Skidmore, A L ^a   Lloyd, J W ^a   Kaneene, J B ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body condition score; Conception

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LACTATION; PARITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LACTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0030641826     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(97)75918-6     Document Type: Article

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