Effects of prepartum milking on postpartum reproduction, udder health and production performance in first-calf dairy heifers

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 257-263

  Bowers, Susan ^a   Gandy, Scott ^a   Graves, Kenneth ^a   Eicher, Susan ^b   Willard, Scott ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy heifers; Prepartum milking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SECRETION; UDDER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MILK; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 33746448688     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: 14697629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029906001762     Document Type: Article

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