Timing of early foetal loss for single and twin pregnancies in dairy cattle

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 429-433

  Lopez Gatius F ^a,d   Santolaria, P ^b   Yaniz J L ^b   Garbayo, J M ^c   Hunter, R H F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c Diputac General de Aragón ^*  (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; TWINS; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 11144262184     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2004.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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