"Clean, green and ethical" animal production. Case study: Reproductive efficiency in small ruminants

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 145-152

  Martin, Graeme B ^a   Kadokawa, Hiroya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colostrum; Male effect; Nutrition; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIRTH; BREEDING; COLOSTRUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYO DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHICS; FEMALE; GOAT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; OVULATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHEEP; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BREEDING; COLOSTRUM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EMBRYO LOSS; FEMALE; GOATS; LITTER SIZE; MALE; OVULATION; PARTURITION; PHOTOPERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SHEEP; SPERM COUNT; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE;

EID: 33644916914     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.17086-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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