Computing mating bull fertility from DHI nonreturn data

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1238-1245

  Clay, J S ^a   McDaniel, B T ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Fertility; Mating bull; Nonreturn

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; COMPUTER; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; LACTATION; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPUTERS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LACTATION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035344738     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74585-7     Document Type: Article

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