Associations between herd characteristics and reproductive efficiency in dairy herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 4897-4907

  Lof E ^a,b   Gustafsson, H ^a,b   Emanuelson, U ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Dairy Association   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Herd characteristic; Reproductive efficiency

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 35748973548     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-819     Document Type: Article

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