Embryo and foetal loss in beef heifers between day 14 of gestation and full term

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 39-44

  Dunne, L D ^a   Diskin, M G ^a   Sreenan, J M ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cattle pregnancy; Embryo; Foetus; Gestation; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; EMBRYO MORTALITY; ESTRUS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLOPROSTENOL; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0034723769     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(99)00088-3     Document Type: Article

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