Twinning in dairy cattle and its effect on milk yield, lactation length, dry period length and calf performance

The twinning rate in a herd of Holstein dairy cattle and its effect on lactation and calf performance was investigated by using records of 5815 calving events. Data from twin calving Holstein cows in (TEC-DAP) farm in Al-Fayum Governorate between January 1997 and April 2008 were compared to those gi...

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Main Author: A. S. Mostafa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Beni-Suef University 2009-12-01
Series:Journal of Veterinary Medical Research
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Online Access:https://jvmr.journals.ekb.eg/article_77812.html