Effects of calving age, breed fraction and month of calving on calving interval and survival across parities in Irish spring-calving dairy cows

Livestock Science

Volumn 100, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 216-230

  Evans, R D ^b,d   Wallace, M ^b   Garrick, D J ^c   Dillon, P ^a   Berry, D P ^a   Olori, V ^d  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d IRISH CATTLE BREEDING FEDERATION   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Age at first calving; Calving interval; Holstein Friesian; Spring calving; Survival

Indexed keywords

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EID: 33646484640     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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