Climate factors affecting conception rate of high producing dairy cows in northeastern Spain

Theriogenology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1379-1385

  Garcia Ispierto I ^a   Lopez Gatius F ^b   Bech Sabat, G ^b   Santolaria, P ^c   Yaniz J L ^c   Nogareda, C ^b   De Rensis, F ^d   Lopez Bejar M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate factors; Dairy cows; Fertility; Heat stress; Temperature

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CLIMATE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMIDITY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLIMATE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMIDITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; RAIN; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 34247150656     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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