Associations between herd size, rate of expansion and production, breeding policy and reproduction in spring-calving dairy herds

Animal

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1626-1633

  Jago, J G ^a   Berry, D P ^b  

^a DAIRYNZ   (New Zealand)

^b ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

expansion; fertility; Irish dairy; reproductive performance

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 80053054164     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731111000516     Document Type: Article

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