Fertility in the high-producing dairy cow

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 86, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 125-135

  Pryce, J E ^a,e   Royal, M D ^b   Garnsworthy, P C ^c   Mao, I L ^d  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e LIVESTOCK IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Fertility; Genetics; Management; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 1242321360     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(03)00145-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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