Effect of the amount of body condition loss from the dry to near calving periods on the subsequent body condition change, occurrence of postpartum diseases, metabolic parameters and reproductive performance in Holstein dairy cows

Theriogenology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1445-1456

  Kim, Ill Hwa ^a   Suh, Gook Hyun ^b  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body condition loss; Holstein dairy cows; Postpartum disease; Reproductive performance; Serum metabolite

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141890893     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(03)00135-3     Document Type: Article

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