Fertility time trends in dairy herds in northern portugal

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 896-899

  Rocha, A ^a   Martins, A ^b   Carvalheira, J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b ABLN   (Portugal)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DAIRYING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LACTATION; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMMERCE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LACTATION; MILK; PORTUGAL; TIME FACTORS;

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EID: 77957103956     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2009.01460.x     Document Type: Article

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