Variability in Holstein heifer heart-girth measurements and comparison of prediction equations for live weight

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 333-338

  Heinrichs, A J ^a   Erb, H N ^b   Rogers, G W ^c   Cooper, J B ^c   Jones, C M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NY State College of Veterinary Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Correlation; Dairy heifer growth; Heart girth measurement; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABDOMEN; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CATTLE; FEMALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33846359704     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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