The relationship between estrous behavioral score and time of ovulation in dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1150-1156

  Van Eerdenburg, F J C M ^a   Karthaus, D ^a   Taverne, M A M ^a   Merics, I ^b   Szenci, O ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Agric Comml Holding Co of Boly   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Estrous behavior; Follicular size; Parity; Pregnancy outcome

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; OVARY; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; ESTRUS; ESTRUS DETECTION; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; OVARY; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036559821     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74177-5     Document Type: Article

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