Reproductive performance in a select sample of dairy herds

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1269-1289

  Ferguson, James D ^a   Skidmore, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Merck Animal Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Management; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LACTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; LACTATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

BOS;

EID: 84872685263     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-5805     Document Type: Article

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