Mother-Offspring Interactions in Zebu Cattle

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL.2, 2008, Pages 213-216

  Paranhos da Costa, M J R ^a   Schmidek, A ^a   Toledo, L M ^a,b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b AGÊNCIA PAULISTA DE TECNOLOGIA DOS AGRONEGÓCIOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SUCKLING;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; FEMALE; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 58149180270     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01164.x     Document Type: Article

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