Significant differences in fertility between dairy cows selected for one QTL located on bovine chromosome 3 are not attributable to energy balance, although eating behaviour is affected

Improvement of reproduction in dairy cows has become a major challenge in dairy production. We have recently shown that dairy cows carrying the ‘fertil−’ haplotype for one quantitative trait locus (QTL), affecting female fertility and located on the bovine chromosome 3, had a significantly lower con...

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Main Authors: S. Coyral-Castel, P. Faverdin, C. Ramé, S. Fréret, D. Guillaume, S. Fritz, J. Dupont
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731112002133