Prevalence, risk factors and consequent effect of dystocia in Holstein dairy cows in Iran

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 447-451

  Atashi, Hadi ^a   Abdolmohammadi, Alireza ^b   Dadpasand, Mohammad ^a   Asaadi, Anise ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Dystocia; Holstein

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84861066089     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2011.11303     Document Type: Article

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