Milk progesterone profiles and their relationship with fertility, production and disease in dairy cows in Northern Ireland

Animal Science

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-222

  McCoy, M A ^a   Lennox, S D ^b,c   Mayne, C S ^a   McCaughey, W J ^a   Edgar, H W J ^a   Catney, D C ^c   Verner, M ^a   Mackey, D R ^a   Gordon, A W ^b  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Biometrics Division   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Fertility; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33645939238     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/ASC200526     Document Type: Article

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