Reproductive Ultrasonography for Monitoring Ovarian Structure Development, Fetal Development, Embryo Survival, and Twins in Beef Cows

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-143

  Lamb, G C ^a   Dahlen, C R ^b   Brown, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Embryonic Loss; Twinning; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008194350     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31392-9     Document Type: Article

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