Factors influencing fertility of Holstein dairy cows: A multivariate description

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3225-3237

  Westwood, C T ^a,c   Leant, I J ^b   Garvin, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Bovine Research Australasia   (Australia)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fertility; Genetic merit; Multivariate; Protein degradability

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; DIET; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATION; OVULATION; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN INTAKE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CATTLE; CHOLESTEROL; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; ESTRUS; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; LACTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; OVULATION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036988001     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74411-1     Document Type: Article

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