Effects of first postpartum progesterone rise, metabolites, milk yield, and body condition score on the subsequent ovarian activity and fertility in lactating Holstein dairy cows

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 761-767

  Kafi, Mojtaba ^a   Mirzaei, Abdolah ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Metabolites; Ovarian activity; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; FATTY ACID; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; OVARY; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; SECRETION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESTROUS CYCLE; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; LACTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MILK; OVARY; OVULATION; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PROGESTERONE;

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EID: 77952880620     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9484-7     Document Type: Article

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