Effect of blood metabolites, body condition and pasture management on milk yield and postpartum intervals in dual-purpose cattle farms in the tropics of the State of Veracruz, Mexico

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 101-117

  Corro, M ^a   Rubio, I ^a,b   Castillo, E ^a   Galindo, L ^a   Aluja, A ^a   Galina, C S ^b   Murcia, C ^b  

^a Fac of Vet Med and Zootechnics   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Blood metabolites; Dual purpose; Management; Milk yield; Reproduction efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033608210     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(98)00117-2     Document Type: Article

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