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Ovarian protein hormones as biomarkers of fertility in dairy cows – Is it an acceptable model to predict infertility in dairy breeds?

Creator:

Lopez, Ruben

Abstract:

Female dairy cattle are particularly prone to infertility/subfertility with pregnancy rates ranging as low as 27% to a high 40%. On average it takes more than one breeding/insemination event for dairy cattle to become pregnant. This results in a loss of the number of calves a female would have per...

Resource Type:

Undergraduate Thesis

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