Effect of dietary enrichment with either n-3 or n-6 fatty acids on systemic metabolite and hormone concentration and ovarian function in heifers

Animal

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 883-893

  Childs, S ^a,b   Lynch, C O ^a,b   Hennessy, A A ^c   Stanton, C ^c   Wathes, D C ^d   Sreenan, J M ^a   Diskin, M G ^a   Kenny, D A ^b  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^d ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle; Fish oil; Linoleic acid; Progesterone; Prostaglandin metabolite

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 43649103823     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731108002115     Document Type: Article

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