Short communication: Associations between blood calcium status at calving and milk yield in dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2438-2440

  Ostergaard S ^a   Larsen, T ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood plasma concentration; Hypocalcemia; Milk yield

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LABOR; MILK; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; SECRETION; TIME;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MILK; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034328279     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(00)75134-4     Document Type: Article

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