Contribution of the female reproductive tract to low fertility in postpartum lactating dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1022-1029

  Rizos, D ^a   Carter, F ^b   Besenfelder, U ^c   Havlicek, V ^c   Lonergan, P ^b  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Embryo; Embryo transfer; Infertility; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLOOD; CATTLE; DAIRYING; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LACTATION; OVIDUCT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CATTLE; DAIRYING; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LACTATION; OVIDUCTS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 77949290292     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2605     Document Type: Article

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