The relationship between fertility and lactation characteristics in Holstein cows on United Kingdom commercial dairy farms

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 635-646

  Albarran Portillo B ^a   Pollott, G E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological model; Dairy cow; Fertility; Lactation curve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; LACTATION; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SECRETION (PROCESS); STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GREAT BRITAIN; LACTATION; MILK; MODELS, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84871614212     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-5632     Document Type: Article

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