Review: The Issue of Dystocia Expressed when Sires Varying in Percent Bos indicus Inheritance Are Mated to Bos taurus Females.

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 18-25

  Thrift, F A ^a   Franke, D E ^b   Thrift, T A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bos indicus; Cattle; Dystocia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957675780     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31479-0     Document Type: Review

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