Nutrition, metabolism, and fertility in dairy cows: 1. Dietary energy source and ovarian function

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3814-3823

  Garnsworthy, P C ^a   Lock, A ^a,b   Mann, G E ^a   Sinclair, K D ^a   Webb, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Chemistry   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fatty acid; Insulin to glucagon ratio; Ovarian function; Starch

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 54049145099     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1031     Document Type: Article

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