Relationships between calf birth weight, prepartum concentrations of plasma energy metabolites and resumption of ovulation postpartum in limousine suckled beef cows

Theriogenology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 779-789

  Guedon, L ^a   Saumande, J ^b   Desbals, B ^a  

^a UFR Sciences   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Beef cows; Blood metabolites; Calf birth weight; Ovarian activity; Postpartum

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; FATTY ACID; GLYCEROL; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; BREEDING; CATTLE; COW; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; LACTATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PUERPERIUM;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CATTLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; GLYCEROL; OVULATION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0033212901     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00171-5     Document Type: Article

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