Comparison of reproductive performance in lactating dairy cows bred by natural service or timed artificial insemination

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5456-5466

  Lima, F S ^a   Risco, C A ^a   Thatcher, M J ^a   Benzaquen, M E ^a   Archbald, L F ^a   Santos, J E P ^b   Thatcher, W W ^b  

^a Research Center for Human Animal Interaction   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Natural service; Reproductive performance; Timed artificial insemination

Indexed keywords

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EID: 70350314138     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2197     Document Type: Article

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