The Effect of Calf Gender on Milk Production in Seasonal Calving Cows and Its Impact on Genetic Evaluations

Gender of the calf whose birth initiates lactation could influence whole lactation milk yield of the dam due to hormonal influences on mammary gland development, or through calf gender effects on gestation length. Fetal gender could influence late lactation yields because cows become pregnant at pea...

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Autores principales: Hess, Melanie K., Hess, Andrew S., Garrick, Dorian J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4790931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26974166
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151236

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4790931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26974166
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151236

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