Effects of nursing frequency and parity on the productive, metabolic and reproductive parameters of beef cows

Livestock Science

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 111-121

  Alvarez Rodriguez J ^a   Palacio, J ^b   Sanz, A ^a  

^a Agrifood Institute of Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anoestrus; Blood metabolites; Calf management; Cattle; IGF I; Parity

Indexed keywords

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EID: 77949261488     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2010.01.013     Document Type: Article

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