Metabolic traits affecting growth rates of pre-pubertal calves and their relationship with subsequent survival

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 300-313

  Swali, A ^a   Cheng, Z ^a   Bourne, N ^a   Wathes, D C ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calf; GH; Glucose metabolism; Growth; Milk production

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; UREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY SIZE; CATTLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; MILK; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY SIZE; CATTLE; COHORT STUDIES; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MILK; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UREA;

ANIMALIA; FRIESIA;

EID: 50149113063     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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