Analysis of female reproductive traits in Angus beef cattle divergently selected for blood serum insulin-like growth factor I concentration

Theriogenology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1180-1190

  Yilmaz, A ^a   Davis, M E ^a   Simmen, R C M ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at first calving; Age at puberty; Beef cattle; IGF I; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEXUAL MATURATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LINEAR MODELS; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEXUAL MATURATION;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33644696905     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.06.018     Document Type: Article

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