Fertility responses of Mexican Holstein cows to US sire selection

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2755-2760

  Cienfuegos Rivas, E G ^a   Blake, R W ^b   Oltenacu, P A ^b   Castillo Juarez, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE TAMAULIPAS   (Mexico)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Age at first calving; Genotype by environment interaction; Mexico; Milk yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745913038     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72352-9     Document Type: Article

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