Genetic association between body energy measured throughout lactation and fertility in dairy cattle

Animal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-199

  Banos, G ^a   Coffey, M P ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body energy, fertility, dairy cattle

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 76849097779     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731109991182     Document Type: Article

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