Evaluation of factors that affect embryonic loss in dairy cattle

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 226, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1112-1118

  Moore, Dale A ^a   Overton, Michael W ^a   Chebel, Ricardo C ^a,b,c   Truscott, Marla L ^a   BonDurant, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c Vet Med Teach and Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; CELL COUNT; COW; DAIRY CATTLE; EMBRYO DEATH; ESTRUS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MASTITIS; NONHUMAN; PALPATION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMATIC CELL; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 16244384178     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2005.226.1112     Document Type: Article

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