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Reproductive tract size and position score: Estimation of genetic parameters for a novel fertility trait in dairy cows.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Oct 2022
Martin Audrey A A, de Oliveira Gerson, Madureira Augusto M L, Miglior Filippo, LeBlanc Stephen J, Cerri Ronaldo L A, Baes Christine F, Schenkel Flavio S
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The dairy industry is moving toward selecting animals with better fertility to decrease the economic losses linked to reproductive issues. The reproductive tract size and position score (SPS) was recently developed in physiological studies as an indicator of pregnancy rate and the number of services to conception. Cows are scored as SPS 1, 2, or 3 based on the size of their reproductive tract and its position in...
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