Validation of a mathematical model of the bovine estrous cycle for cows with different estrous cycle characteristics

A recently developed mechanistic mathematical model of the bovine estrous cycle was parameterized to fit empirical data sets collected during one estrous cycle of 31 individual cows, with the main objective to further validate the model. The a priori criteria for validation were (1) the resulting mo...

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Main Authors: H.M.T. Boer, S.T. Butler, C. Stötzel, M.F.W. te Pas, R.F. Veerkamp, H. Woelders
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175173111700026X