Economic value of female fertility and its relationship with profit in Spanish Dairy Cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 3053-3061

  Gonzalez Recio O ^a   Perez Cabal M A ^a   Alenda, R ^a  

^a Electrotechnical Section   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Fertility cost; Profit

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 4544344050     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73438-4     Document Type: Article

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