Short communication: Survival, growth to weaning, and subsequent fertility of live-born dairy heifers after a difficult birth

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 6750-6754

  Barrier, A C ^a   Dwyer, C M ^a   Macrae, A I ^b   Haskell, M J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calving ease; Dairy calf; Dystocia; Heifer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SURVIVAL; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; PREGNANCY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84867741867     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-5343     Document Type: Article

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