Association between blood plasma urea nitrogen levels and reproductive fluid urea nitrogen and ammonia concentrations in early lactation dairy cows

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 86, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 195-204

  Hammon, D S ^a   Holyoak, G R ^b   Dhiman, T R ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Cattle; Reproduction; Urea; Uterus

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844334685     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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