Ad Libitum Suckling by an Unrelated Calf in the Presence or Absence of a Cow's Own Calf Prolongs Postpartum Anovulation

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2762-2769

  Lamb, G Clifford ^a   Lynch, Janet M ^a,b   Grieger, David M ^a   Minton, J Ernest ^a   Stevenson, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Heartland Cattle Co RR 3   (United States)

Author keywords

Anestrus; Cows; Progesterone; Suckling

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZATION; SUCKLING; TIME; WEANING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; ANOVULATION; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

EID: 0031255128     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.75102762x     Document Type: Article

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