Ovum pick-up in dairy heifers: Does it affect animal well-being?

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 623-632

  Petyim, S ^a   Bage R ^a   Madej, A ^b   Larsson, B ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CYTOLOGY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HEART RATE; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYDROCORTISONE; OOCYTES; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVUM; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; VASOPRESSINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 35748960214     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2006.00833.x     Document Type: Article

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