Lower pregnancy losses in lactating dairy cows fed a diet enriched in α-linolenic acid

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3066-3074

  Ambrose, D J ^a   Kastelic, J P ^b   Corbett, R ^a   Pitney, P A ^a   Petit, H V ^c   Small, J A ^d   Zalkovic, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d BRANDON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conception rate; Flaxseed; Pregnancy loss; linolenic acid

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; HELIANTHUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 33746910205     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72581-4     Document Type: Article

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