Calving difficulty as related to body weights and measurements of cows and calves in a herd of Gascon breed

Czech Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 187-194

  Bureš, Daniel ^a   Barton L ^a   Zahradkova R ^a   Teslik V ^a   Fiedlerova M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Calving difficulty; Course of parturition; Pelvic measurements

Indexed keywords

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EID: 46149117992     PISSN: 12121819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/312-cjas     Document Type: Article

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