Decreased fertility with increasing parity in lactating dairy cows

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 425-428

  Balendran, A ^a   Gordon, M ^a   Pretheeban, T ^a   Singh, R ^a   Perera, R ^a   Rajamahedran, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cows; Heifers; Parity; Pregnancy rate; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 56849121850     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJAS07127     Document Type: Article

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