Some characteristics of primary and secondary oestrous signs in high-producing dairy cows

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 150-155

  Yoshida, C ^a   Nakao, T ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESTRUS; ESTRUS DETECTION; FEMALE; LACTATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

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EID: 17444400837     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2005.00572.x     Document Type: Article

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