Ovarian parameters and fertility of dairy cows selected for one QTL located on BTA3

Theriogenology

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1239-1250

  Coyral Castel, S ^a,b   Rame C ^a   Monniaux, D ^a   Freret S ^a   Fabre Nys, C ^a   Fritz, S ^c   Monget, P ^a   Dupont, F ^a   Dupont, J ^a  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^b Institut de l'Elevage   (France)

^c UNCEIA   (France)

Author keywords

Bovine; Endocrinology; Female reproduction; Infertility; Quantitative trait locus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME; CYTOLOGY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OVARY; OVULATION; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMOSOMES, MAMMALIAN; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC LOCI; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; OVULATION; PARITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEXUAL MATURATION;

BOS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 79952758547     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.11.037     Document Type: Article

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