Relationship between clinical and postmortem evaluation in repeat breeder beef cows

Ciencia Rural

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1056-1060

  Ferreira, Rogério ^a   De Oliveira, João Francisco Coelho ^a   Antoniazzi, Alfredo Quites ^a   Pimentel, Cláudio Alves ^b   Moraes, José Carlos Ferrugem ^c   Henkes, Luiz Ernani ^d   Bordignon, Vilceu ^e   Gonçalves, Paulo Bayard Dias ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef cows; Cattle; Infertility; Repeat breeder; Theriogenology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 45349099266     PISSN: 01038478     EISSN: 16784596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0103-84782008000400023     Document Type: Article

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