Plasma, milk and faecal progesterone concentrations during the oestrous cycle of lactating dairy cows with different milk yields

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 74, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 121-131

  Rabiee, A R ^a,c   Macmillan, K L ^a   Schwarzenberger, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c Strategic Bovine Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Faecal progesterone metabolites; Milk yield; Oestrous cycle; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FECES; FEMALE; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; RANDOMIZATION; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESTROUS CYCLE; FECES; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0037121585     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(02)00169-0     Document Type: Article

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