The impact of uterine infection on a dairy cow's performance

Theriogenology

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1074-1079

  Bell, M J ^a   Roberts, D J ^a  

^a SAC Dairy Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Management; Performance; Uterine infection; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; LABOR COMPLICATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; UTERUS DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CAUSALITY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; UTERINE DISEASES;

BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 34548652051     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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