Timing of Insemination for Dairy Cows Identified in Estrus by a Radiotelemetric Estrus Detection System

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1874-1882

  Dransfield, M B G ^a   Nebel, R L ^a   Pearson, R E ^a   Warnick, L D ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Detection of estrus; Estrus; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PALPATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SEASON; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEMETRY; TIME; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESTRUS DETECTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; PALPATION; PREGNANCY; RADIO WAVES; SEASONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS; UTERUS;

EID: 0032116757     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(98)75758-3     Document Type: Article

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