Seasonality of days open in US Holsteins

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3718-3725

  Oseni, S ^a   Misztal, I ^a   Tsuruta, S ^a   Rekaya, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Days open; Heat stress; Month of calving; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEAT; LABOR; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; HEAT; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NEW ENGLAND; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542544383     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(03)73977-0     Document Type: Article

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