Relationships between conception rate in Holstein heifers and cows and milk yield at various stages of lactation

We investigated the relationships between conception rates (CRs) at first service in Japanese Holstein heifers (i.e. animals that had not yet had their first calf) and cows and their test-day (TD) milk yields. Data included records of artificial insemination (AI) for heifers and cows that had calved...

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Main Authors: K. Hagiya, Y. Terawaki, T. Yamazaki, Y. Nagamine, F. Itoh, S. Yamaguchi, H. Abe, Y. Gotoh, T. Kawahara, Y. Masuda, M. Suzuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731113000633