Strengths and weaknesses of parameters currently used to measure reproductive performance in dairy cattle

Cattle Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 200-208

  Wapenaar, W ^a   Green, M ^b   Huxley, J ^b   Reader, J ^b   Biggs, A ^b   Burnell, M ^b   Breen, J ^b   Statham, J ^b   Thorne, M ^b   May, B ^b   Husband, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Conception rate; Dairy; Fertility; Indicators; Parameters; Pregnancy rate; Reproductive performance

Indexed keywords

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EID: 57549113563     PISSN: 09691251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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