Melatonin treatment at dry-off improves reproductive performance postpartum in high-producing dairy cows under heat stress conditions

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 577-583

  Garcia Ispierto, I ^a   Abdelfatah, A ^a,b   Lopez Gatius F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b Zagazig University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IMPLANT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAT; LACTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOT TEMPERATURE; LACTATION; MELATONIN; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 84880333443     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rda.12128     Document Type: Article

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