Assessment of a practical method for identifying anovular dairy cows synchronized for first postpartum timed artificial insemination

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3255-3262

  Silva, E ^a   Sterry, R A ^a   Fricke, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anovular; Dairy cow; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 35748955211     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-779     Document Type: Article

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