Associations among patterns in daily body weight, body condition scoring, and reproductive performance in high-producing dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 4375-4385

  van Straten, M ^a,b,c   Shpigel, N Y ^b   Friger, M ^c  

^a Mutual Society for Veterinary Services   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body condition scoring; Body weight; Dairy cow; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RISK; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349275767     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2008-1956     Document Type: Article

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