Oestrous intensity is positively associated with reproductive outcome in high-producing dairy cows

Livestock Science

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 191-195

  Garcia, Emanuel ^a,e   Hultgren, Jan ^a   Fällman, Pontus ^a   Geust, Johanna ^b   Algers, Bo ^a   Stilwell, George ^c   Gunnarsson, Stefan ^a   Rodriguez Martinez, Heriberto ^a,d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Nötcenter Viken   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Hospital Veterinario do Algarve   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Fertility; Lameness; Oestrous intensity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 79959769073     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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