Genetic parameters for anovulation and pregnancy loss in dairy cattle

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5739-5753

  Bamber, R L ^a   Shook, G E ^a   Wiltbank, M C ^a   Santos, J E P ^b   Fricke, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anovulation; Heritability; Pregnancy loss; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 70350318793     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2226     Document Type: Article

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