Milk fat saturation and reproductive performance in dairy cattle

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 141, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 116-123

  Hostens, M ^a   Fievez, V ^b   Leroy, J L M R ^a   van de Burgwal, E J ^a   Van Ranst, B ^a   Vlaeminck, B ^b   Opsomer, G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Reproductive performance; Unsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; MAMMALIA;

UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LACTATION; METABOLISM; MILK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

DAIRY COW; REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LACTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MILK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84884288209     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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