Factors affecting dystocia in cattle

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 540-551

  Zaborski, D ^a   Grzesiak, W ^a   Szatkowska, I ^a   Dybus, A ^a   Muszynska, M ^a   Jedrzejczak, M ^a  

^a WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; PARITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; TORSION; UTERUS DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; LABOR PRESENTATION; MALE; PARITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; TORSION ABNORMALITY; UTERINE DISEASES;

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EID: 65649154122     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2008.01123.x     Document Type: Review

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