Voluntary waiting period and adoption of synchronized breeding in dairy herd improvement herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1594-1606

  Miller, R H ^a   Norman, H D ^a   Kuhn, M T ^a   Clay, J S ^b   Hutchison, J L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Dairy Records Management Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Days to first service; Synchronization; Timed artificial insemination; Voluntary waiting period

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748948946     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(07)71645-4     Document Type: Article

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