Trucking stress at breeding does not lower conception rate of beef heifers

Theriogenology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 623-632

  Yavas, Y ^a,b   De Avila, D M ^a   Reeves, J J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

AI; Conception; Heifers; Stress; Transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 9344253342     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0093-691X(95)00408-Z     Document Type: Article

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