High NEFA concentrations around parturition are associated with delayed ovulations in grazing dairy cows

Livestock Science

Volumn 141, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 123-128

  Giuliodori, Mauricio Javier ^a   Delavaud, Carole ^b   Chilliard, Yves ^b   Becú Villalobos, Damasia ^c   Lacau Mengido, Isabel ^c   De la Sota, Rodolfo Luzbel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^c INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Delayed ovulation; Grazing dairy cows; Metabolic status; NEFA; Peripartum; Resumption of ovulation

Indexed keywords

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EID: 80053589342     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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