Factors affecting secondary sex ratio in Iranian Holsteins

Theriogenology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 214-219

  Hossein Zadeh, Navid Ghavi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Logistic analysis; Non genetic factor; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; IRAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; IRAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 83055194428     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2011.07.040     Document Type: Article

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