Pregnancy incidence in Norwegian Red cows using nonreturn to estrus, rectal palpation, pregnancy-associated glycoproteins, and progesterone

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3025-3033

  Garmo, R T ^a   Refsdal, A O ^b   Karlberg, K ^a   Ropstad, E ^a   Waldmann, A ^c   Beckers, J F ^d   Reksen, O ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b GENO Breeding and AI Association   (Norway)

^c ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Pregnancy incidence; Reproductive performance

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 49749092704     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0778     Document Type: Article

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