Effect of anthelmintics on reproductive performance and first-lactation culling rate in Holstein heifers

Veterinary Record

Volumn 165, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 743-746

  Mejia M E ^a   Perri, A F ^a   Miglierina, M M ^b   Formia N ^b   Becu Villalobos D ^a   Lacau Mengido, I M ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SECRETION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; IVERMECTIN; LACTATION; MILK; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 74249122248     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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