Effects of milk urea nitrogen and other factors on probability of conception of dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1878-1885

  Guo, K ^a   Russek Cohen, E ^a   Varner, M A ^a   Kohn, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Milk urea nitrogen; Probability of conception; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 3142531179     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73346-9     Document Type: Article

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