Atypical progesterone profiles and fertility in Swedish dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2529-2538

  Petersson, K J ^a   Gustafsson, H ^b   Strandberg, E ^a   Berglund, B ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Dairy Association   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Fertility; Progesterone profile

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33745946642     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72328-1     Document Type: Article

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