Economic value of pregnancy in dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3876-3885

  De Vries, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Economics; Pregnancy; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33749414780     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72430-4     Document Type: Article

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