Associations between prebreeding serum micronutrient concentrations and pregnancy outcome in beef cows

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 238, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1323-1332

  van de Weyer, Leanne M ^a   Hendrick, Steve H ^a   Waldner, Cheryl L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; CATTLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79957945238     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.238.10.1323     Document Type: Article

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