Influence of sire and sire breed (Gyr versus Holstein) on establishment of pregnancy and embryonic loss in lactating Holstein cows during summer heat stress

Theriogenology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 692-697

  Pegorer, Marcelo F ^a   Vasconcelos, José L M ^a   Trinca, Luzia A ^a   Hansen, Peter J ^b   Barros, Ciro M ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Bos indicus; Bos taurus; Heat stress; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEAT INJURY; LACTATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; LACTATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33846520426     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.09.042     Document Type: Article

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