REPRODUCTIVE RESPONSE OF DAIRY HEIFERS TO CHRONIC SUBMAINTENANCE ENERGY RATIONS.
An experiment was conducted to study the effect of prolonged nutritional stress on the reproductive performance of twelve Holstein dairy heifers. Energy intake was reduced to 60% NE(m). The animals lost 20% of their body weight during energy restriction (97 days) and gained 29% during the high energ...
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The University of Arizona.
1984
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187766 |