Relationships between milk urea and production, nutrition, and fertility traits in Israeli dairy herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1001-1011

  Hojman, D ^a   Kroll, O ^b   Adin, G ^a   Gips, M ^c   Hanochi, B ^c   Ezra, E ^c  

^a EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

^b Caesaria Industrial Park   (Israel)

^c Israel Cattle Breeders' Association   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fertility; Milk urea; Nutrition; Production

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

LIPID; MILK PROTEIN; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DIETARY FIBER; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; ISRAEL; LACTATION; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; ISRAEL; LACTATION; LIPIDS; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; UREA;

EID: 4243052785     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73245-2     Document Type: Article

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