Blood metabolites and their relationship with production variables in dual-purpose cows in Venezuela

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 133-145

  Parra, O ^a   Ojeda, A ^a   Combellas, J ^a   Gabaldon, L ^a   Escobar, A ^a   Martinez, N ^a   Benezra, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Blood metabolites; Dual purpose cattle; Fish meal; Milk yield; Reproductive efficiency

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM GLOBULIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTATION; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; VENEZUELA;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHOSPHATES; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM GLOBULINS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0033608158     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(98)00119-6     Document Type: Article

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