Effects of environmental pollutants on the reproduction and welfare of ruminants

Animal

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1227-1239

  Rhind, S M ^a   Evans, N P ^b   Bellingham, M ^b   Sharpe, R M ^c   Cotinot, C ^d   Mandon Pepin, B ^d   Loup, B ^d   Sinclair, K D ^e   Lea, R G ^e   Pocar, P ^f   Fischer, B ^g   Van Der Zalm, E ^g   Hart, K ^g   Schmidt, J S ^g   Amezaga, M R ^h   Fowler, P A ^h  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

endocrine disrupting compounds; pollutants; reproduction; ruminants

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77954542394     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731110000595     Document Type: Article

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