Relationship between milk urea concentration and the fertility of dairy cows

Veterinary Record

Volumn 151, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 413-416

  Cottrill, B ^a   Biggadike, H J ^a   Collins, C ^a   Laven, R A ^a  

^a Veterinary Science Division Dumfries   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

UREA;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HERD; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MILK LEVEL; NONHUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0037027129     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.151.14.413     Document Type: Article

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