Nutrition, metabolism, and fertility in dairy cows: 3. Amino acids and ovarian function

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4190-4197

  Garnsworthy, P C ^a   Gong, J G ^b   Armstrong, D G ^b   Newbold, J R ^c   Marsden, M ^d   Richards, S E ^e   Mann, G E ^a   Sinclair, K D ^a   Webb, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Provimi Research and Technology Centre   (Belgium)

^d AB Enzymes GmbH   (Germany)

^e Dalton Airfield Industrial Estate   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Dairy cow; Insulin to glucagon ratio; Ovarian function

Indexed keywords

BOS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 55849124779     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1035     Document Type: Article

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