Relationship between Days to Postpartum First Ovulation and Days to Reaching Steady Range of Metabolite Concentrations in Dairy Cows

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 331-336

  Kadokawa, Hiroya ^a   Yamada, Yutaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR HOKKAIDO REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nutritional status; Periparturitional dairy cow; Postpartum first ovulation; Steroidogenesis; Transition period

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644925981     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: 13484400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.45.331     Document Type: Article

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