Prenatal maternal effects on body condition score, female fertility, and milk yield of dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 3490-3499

  Banos, G ^a   Brotherstone, S ^b,c   Coffey, M P ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body condition score; Fertility; Maternal effects; Milk

Indexed keywords

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EID: 35748976826     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2006-809     Document Type: Article

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