Restricted suckling of tropical dairy cows by their own calf or other cows' calves

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1663-1670

  Margerison, J K ^a,d   Preston, T R ^b,e   Phillips, C J C ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Centro Inter institucion para el Desarrollo de Agropecuaria en el Valle de Cauca   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e NONG LAM UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Cows; Health; Milk; Reproduction; Suckling; Tropics

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

LIPID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZATION; SECRETION; SUCKLING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; ANOVULATION; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; LIPIDS; MALE; MILK; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0036596777     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2002.8061663x     Document Type: Article

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