Milk yield and estrous behavior during eight consecutive estruses in Holstein cows fed standardized or high energy diets and grouped according to live weight changes in early lactation

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 3134-3143

  Gaillard, C ^a   Barbu, H ^b   Sorensen M T ^a   Sehested, J ^a   Callesen, H ^a   Vestergaard, M ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Estrus; Extended lactation; Pregnancy risk

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BOVINE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DRUG EFFECTS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; VETERINARY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CATTLE; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESTRUS; FEMALE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LACTATION; MILK; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84956926319     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2015-10023     Document Type: Article

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