Leptin and insulin-like growth factor-I as metabolic indicators of reproductive performance in Brahman and Brahman-influenced cattle /

Forty-one purebred Brahman cows were blocked to control (C; n = 20) or lasalocid (L; n = 21) treatments. Cow ADG was increased (P < 0.01) in L cows prepartum and tended (P < 0.11) to be increased from calving to d 56 after calving in L cows. Postpartum interval (PPI) was unaffected by treatm...

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Main Author:	Strauch, Trista Ann
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 2002.
Subjects:	Major physiology of reproduction.
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