Genetic analysis of fertility-related diseases and disorders in Norwegian Red cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2751-2756

  Heringstad, B ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b GENO Breeding and AI Association   (Norway)

Author keywords

Disease; Fertility; Reproductive disorder; Threshold model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INFERTILITY; LACTATION; MALE; OVARY CYST; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; RETAINED PLACENTA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; INFERTILITY; LACTATION; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; OVARIAN CYSTS; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA, RETAINED; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77952997531     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2879     Document Type: Article

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