When is a cow in estrus? Clinical and practical aspects

Theriogenology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 327-344

  Roelofs, J ^a,b   Lopez Gatius F ^c   Hunter, R H F ^d   van Eerdenburg, F J C M ^e   Hanzen, C ^f  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b University of Applied Sciences   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Detection; Efficiency; Estrus; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CATTLE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; BOVINAE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESTRUS; ESTRUS DETECTION; FEMALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

BOS;

EID: 77954539331     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.02.016     Document Type: Review

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