Diagnostic evaluation of fat to protein ratio in prolonged calving to conception interval using receiver operating characteristic analyses

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 249-254

  Podpecan O ^b   Mrkun, J ^a   Zrimsek P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Savinian Veterinary Policlinic   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDER; REPRODUCTION; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; LIPIDS; MILK PROTEINS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; REPRODUCTION; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

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EID: 40449092613     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2007.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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