Fertility of lactating dairy cows administered recombinant bovine somatotropin during heat stress

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 341-351

  Jousan, F D ^a   De Castro e Paula, L A ^a   Block, J ^a   Hansen, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine somatotropin; Dairy cow; Fertility; Heat stress

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 34447625673     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(07)72635-8     Document Type: Article

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