The effects of time of disease occurrence, milk yield, and body condition on fertility of dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2589-2604

  Loeffler, Scott H ^a,c   De Vries, Meint J ^a   Schukken, Ynte H ^b,d  

^a GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c College of Veterinary Medicine ^*  (Netherlands)

^d Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Body condition score; Conception; Mastitis; Test day milk yield

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

LIPID; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LACTATION; MILK; OVARY CYST; PARTURIENT PARESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RISK; RUMINANT STOMACH; STOMACH DISEASE; TIME;

ABOMASUM; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LACTATION; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; LIPIDS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; ODDS RATIO; OVARIAN CYSTS; PARTURIENT PARESIS; PREGNANCY; STOMACH DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033252286     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(99)75514-1     Document Type: Article

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