Dry-period seasonal effects on the subsequent lactation

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 628-631

  Thompson, I M ^a   Dahl, G E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental factor; Health disorder; Lactation; Reproduction; Season

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894887460     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)30421-6     Document Type: Article

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