Postpartum Maternal Behavior Score in Six Breed Groups of Beef Cattle over Twenty-Five Years

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-16

  Sandelin, B A ^a   Brown, A H ^a   Johnson, Z B ^a   Hornsby, J A ^a   Baublits, R T ^a   Kutz, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior Score; Cattle; Postpartum

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008225437     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31160-8     Document Type: Article

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