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Mutations in genes involved in oestrous cycle associated expression of oestrus.
Animal reproduction science - 30 Nov 2013
Homer E M, Derecka K, Webb R, Garnsworthy P C
Abstract excerpt
Detection of oestrus is a key determinant of profitability of dairy herds, but oestrus is increasingly difficult to observe in the modern dairy cow, with shorter duration and less intense oestrus. Concurrent with the unfavourable correlation between milk yield and fertility, oestrous detection rates have decreased to less than 50%. A number of mutations have been identified in genes associated with fertility and...
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