Factors affecting pregnancy loss for single and twin pregnancies in a high-producing dairy herd

Theriogenology

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1462-1471

  Silva del Rio N ^a   Colloton, J D ^b   Fricke, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Bovine Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Double ovulation; Pregnancy loss; Twinning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TWINS; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

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EID: 67349247505     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2009.01.013     Document Type: Article

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