Effect of prebreeding maintenance diet on subsequent reproduction by artificial insemination in alpine and saanen goats

Theriogenology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 151-159

  Goonewardene, L A ^a   Whitmore, W ^a   Jaeger, S ^b   Borchert, T ^a   Okine, E ^a,c   Ashmawy, O ^a   Emond, S ^a  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^b RR1 ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Goats; Nutrition; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; GOAT; KETAMINE; LAPAROSCOPY; ZYLAZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE FERTILITY; GOAT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 0031177960     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00198-2     Document Type: Article

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