Effects of feeding treatment on growth rates, metabolic profiles and age at puberty, and their relationships in dairy heifers

Puberty attainment in dairy heifers has been widely studied from a hormonal point of view, but few studies have focussed on puberty–blood profile relationships during growth. We led experiments to determine the effects of feeding treatments on growth parameters, age at puberty and plasma biochemical...

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Main Authors: F. Abeni, F. Petrera, Y. Le Cozler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731118002422