Periconceptional Heat Stress of Holstein Cows Affects Subsequent Production Parameters Measured During Adulthood
Periconceptional heat stress is known to reduce the likelihood of establishing pregnancy; however, some conceptuses will survive. Of the pregnancies that continue to term, a proportion will be heifers which are retained as replacement animals. Alterations that occur as a result of exposure to therma...
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Virginia Tech
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/23749 |