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Jun 7, 2015 - when compared with purebred Holstein calves. Abortion in dairy cattle is commonly defined as a death of the fetus between 42 and 260 days of ...
Trop Anim Health Prod DOI 10.1007/s11250-015-0870-z

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Impact of stillbirth and abortion on the subsequent fertility and productivity of Holstein, Brown Swiss and their crosses in subtropics Mahmoud Salah El-Tarabany 1

Received: 24 February 2015 / Accepted: 7 June 2015 # Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015

Abstract Stillbirth and abortion are serious problems in cattle breeding, from both economic and animal welfare standpoints. The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence and implications of stillbirth and abortion on the subsequent reproductive and production performance of the pure Holstein (HO), Brown Swiss (BS), and their F1 crosses (BF) in Egypt. The total number of records was 9275. The pure BS heifers had significantly (P