Cow attributes, herd management, and reproductive history events associated with the risk of nonpregnancy in cow-calf herds in Western Canada

Theriogenology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1083-1094

  Waldner, C L ^a   Garcia Guerra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef cows; Body condition score; Breeding management; Pregnancy; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BOVINE DIARRHEA VIRUS; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA; BREEDING; CANADA; CATTLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VACCINATION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BOVINE VIRUS DIARRHEA-MUCOSAL DISEASE; BREEDING; CANADA; CATTLE; DIARRHEA VIRUSES, BOVINE VIRAL; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VACCINATION; VIRAL VACCINES;

BOVINAE; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS 1;

EID: 84878017149     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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