Endocrine profiles, haematology and pregnancy outcomes of late pregnant Holstein dairy heifers sired by bulls giving a high or low incidence of stillbirth

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 47-68

  Kornmatitsuk, B ^a   Dahl, E ^c   Ropstad, E ^c   Bechers, J F ^d   Gustafsson, H ^b   Kindahl, H ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Dairy Association   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cattle pregnancy; Endocrine profiles; Foetal well being; Haematology; Parturition; Placental characteristics

Indexed keywords

ESTRONE; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREEDING; CHILDBIRTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DYSTOCIA; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HEMATOLOGY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; STILLBIRTH; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL HORMONES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 3242698449     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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