Twinning in Dairy Cattle

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 61-67

  Fricke, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy Cattle; Double Ovulation; Milk Production; rbST; Twinning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007607709     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31599-0     Document Type: Review

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