Milk urea testing as a tool to monitor reproductive performance in Ontario dairy herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1397-1406

  Godden, S M ^a   Kelton, D F ^b   Lissemore, K D ^b   Walton, J S ^b   Leslie, K E ^b   Lumsden, J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dairy herds; Milk urea testing; Ontario

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CANADA; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LACTATION; MILK; ONTARIO; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; TIME FACTORS; UREA;

EID: 0035379708     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)70171-3     Document Type: Article

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