Insemination strategy based on ovulation prediction in dairy cattle

Vlaams Diergeneeskundig Tijdschrift

Volumn 75, Issue 2 A, 2006, Pages 70-78

  Roelofs, J B ^a   Soede, N M ^a   Kemp, B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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