Some new aspects of nutrition, health conditions and fertility of intensively reared dairy cows;Taluni aspetti recenti della nutrizione, dello stato di salute e della fertilità negli allevamenti intensivi di lattifere

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 491-518

  Bertoni, Giuseppe ^a   Trevisi, Erminio ^a   Lombardelli, Rosanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Fertility; Health; Inflammations; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

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EID: 76449105299     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2009.491     Document Type: Review

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