Relationships between milk urea and production and fertility traits in Holstein dairy herds in the Czech Republic

Czech Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 193-200

  Rehak D ^a   Rajmon, R ^b   Kubesova M ^a   Stipkova M ^a   Volek, J ^a   Jilek F ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Probability of conception; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

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EID: 67650100674     PISSN: 12121819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/1664-cjas     Document Type: Article

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