Gestation rate of Holstein females confined in free stall, during the summer and winter;Taxa de gestação em fêmeas da raça Holandesa confinadas em free stall, no verão e inverno

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-63

  Pires, M F A ^a,b   Ferreira, A M ^a,b   Saturnino, H M ^c   Teodoro, R L ^a,b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b Bolsista do CNPq   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Fertility; Heat stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CATTLE FARMING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; GESTATION PERIOD; HEAT STRESS; HUMIDITY; MEASUREMENT; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WINTER;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0036087046     PISSN: 01020935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-09352002000100009     Document Type: Article

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