Twice Daily Suckling but Not Milking with Calf Presence Prolongs Postpartum Anovulation

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2207-2218

  Lamb, G C ^a,b   Miller, B L ^a,c   Lynch, J M ^a,d   Thompson, K E ^a,e   Heldt, J S ^a   Loest C A ^a   Grieger, D M ^a   Stevenson, J S ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c 3501 Dixon Cove Dr ^*  (United States)

^d Heartland Cattle Co RR 3   (United States)

^e Farmland Industries   (United States)

Author keywords

Anestrus; Calf Removal; Cows; Milk Composition; Milking; Suckling

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; DIET; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PUERPERIUM;

ANIMALS; ANOVULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIET; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MILK; POSTPARTUM PERIOD;

EID: 0033174926     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1999.7782207x     Document Type: Article

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