Inbreeding depression on female fertility and calving ease in spanish dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 5744-5752

  Gonzalez Recio O ^a   Lopez De Maturana E ^b   Gutierrez J P ^c  

^a Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

^b NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calving ease; Female fertility; Inbreeding depression

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 37149032069     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0203     Document Type: Article

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