The effect of a diet containing excess quickly degradable nitrogen (QDN) on reproductive and metabolic hormonal profiles of lactating dairy cows

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 195-208

  Dawuda, P M ^a   Scaramuzzi, R J ^a   Drew, S B ^b   Biggadike, H J ^b   Laven, R A ^b   Allison, R ^b   Collins, C F ^b   Wathes, D C ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle feeding and nutrition; GH; LH; QDN; Urea feeding

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NITROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; METABOLISM; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIET; EMBRYO; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONES; LACTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NITROGEN; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 1542351351     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2003.09.008     Document Type: Article

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