A review of factors that impact on the capacity of beef cattle females to conceive, maintain a pregnancy and wean a calf-Implications for reproductive efficiency in northern Australia

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-22

  Burns, B M ^a   Fordyce, G ^a   Holroyd, R G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Conception; Northern Australia; Pregnancy; Reproductive inefficiencies; Weaning

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AUSTRALIA; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GENETICS; MALE; PARITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; SEXUAL MATURATION; WEANING;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RAIN; SEXUAL MATURATION; WEANING;

BOS;

EID: 77957726208     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2010.04.010     Document Type: Review

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