Scanning the future - Ultrasonography as a reproductive management tool for dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1918-1926

  Fricke, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Reproductive management; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EMBRYO DEATH; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; OVARY; OVARY CYST; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; UTERUS; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; EMBRYO LOSS; FEMALE; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERUS;

EID: 0036675391     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74268-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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