Behavioral observations of adolescent Holstein heifers cloned from adult somatic cells

Theriogenology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1097-1110

  Savage, Amy F ^a   Maull, John ^a   Cindy Tian, X ^a   Taneja, Maneesh ^a   Katz, Larry ^b   Darre, Michael ^a   Yang, Xiangzhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cattle; Clones; Nuclear transfer; Somatic cell

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0042284158     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(03)00110-9     Document Type: Article

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