Assesses the effect of cow-calf association and continuous suckling on the resumption of oestral activity; and monitors the temporal patterns of plasma progesterone during the post-partum period in grazing Ethiopian Small East African Zebu cows under uncontrolled mating.
Mukasa-Mugerwa, E.
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Tegegne, Azage
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Franceschini, R.
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[Influence of suckling and continuous cow-calf association on the resumption of post-partum ovarian function in Bos indicus cows monitored by plasma progesterone profiles]
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Influence of suckling and continuous cow-calf association on the resumption of post-partum ovarian function in Bos indicus cows monitored by plasma progesterone profiles
Small East African Zebu cows which calved during the dry season were used to determine the effects of postpartum nutritional supplementation and suckling intensity on body weight, body condition score, reproductive performance and on calf mortality and preweaning growth performance. Cows were all...
Tegegne, Azage
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Entwistle, K.W.
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Mukasa-Mugerwa, E.
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[Effects of supplementary feeding and suckling intensity on postpartum reproductive performance of small East African Zebu cows]
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Effects of supplementary feeding and suckling intensity on postpartum reproductive performance of small East African Zebu cows
Evaluates the growth performance of calves born to Boran cows and weaned at either six or eight months. Early weaned calves were further divided to either receive supplementary feed until eight months of age or serve as controls. There was no significant differences between Boran and crossbred ca...
Tegegne, Azage
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Mukasa-Mugerwa, E.
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Ketema, H.
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[Effect of early weaning on the growth performance of Boran and Boran X Friesian bull calves]
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Effect of early weaning on the growth performance of Boran and Boran X Friesian bull calves