Optimizing Breeding Decisions for Finnish Dairy Herds

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 199-212

  Rajala Schultz, P J ^a   Grohn Y T ^b   Allore, H G ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Dynamic programming; Economics; Reproductive performance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECONOMICS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; LACTATION; MALE; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SECRETION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ESTRUS DETECTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; INSEMINATION; LACTATION; MALE; MILK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

EID: 0033642935     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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