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Pregnancy losses in cattle: potential for improvement.
Reproduction, fertility, and development - 1 Jan 2016
Diskin M G, Waters S M, Parr M H, Kenny D A
Abstract excerpt
For heifers, beef and moderate-yielding dairy cows, it appears that the fertilisation rate generally lies between 90% and 100%. For high-producing dairy cows, there is a less substantive body of literature, but it would appear that the fertilisation rate is somewhat lower and possibly more variable. In cattle, the major component of embryo loss occurs in the first 16 days following breeding (Day 0), with emerging...
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