Economic consequences of postponed first insemination of cows in a dairy cattle herd

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 79, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 145-153

  Sørensen, Jan Tind ^a   Østergaard, Søren ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Calving intervals; Cattle; Milk yield; Replacement; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 18844477511     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(02)00150-1     Document Type: Article

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