Effect of heat stress on nonreturn rate in holsteins: Fixed-model analyses

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 3101-3106

  Ravagnolo, O ^a,b   Misztal, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN AGROPECUARIA INIA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Heat stress; Holstein; Nonreturn rate; Temperature humidity index

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLIMATE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; HUMIDITY; LACTATION; MILK; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; SECRETION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLIMATE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GEORGIA; HEAT; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMIDITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LACTATION; MILK; MODELS, GENETIC; PARITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TENNESSEE;

EID: 0036834234     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74397-X     Document Type: Article

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