Ruminant nutrition symposium: Optimizing performance of the offspring: Nourishing and managing the dam and postnatal calf for optimal lactation, reproduction, and immunity

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1835-1845

  Bach, A ^a,b  

^a Department of Ruminant Production   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Lactation; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LACTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84861898049     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2011-4516     Document Type: Article

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