The potential for identifying heritable endocrine parameters associated with fertility in post-partum dairy cows

Animal Science

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 333-347

  Darwash, A O ^a   Lamming, G E ^a   Woolliams, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Fertility; Heritability; Hormone secretion; Marker assisted selection; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0041033440     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800050335     Document Type: Article

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