Acta Vet. Brno 2017, 86: 345-352

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb201786040345

Relationship between dystocia and the lactation number, stillbirth and mastitis prevalence in dairy cows

Vida Juozaitienė1, Arunas Juozaitis1, Arvydas Kardisauskas1, Judita Žymantienė2, Vytuolis Žilaitis3, Ramūnas Antanaitis3, Modestas Ruzauskas2

1Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Faculty of Animal Husbandry Technology, Department of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, Kaunas, Lithuania
2Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kaunas, Lithuania
3Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Large Animal Clinic, Kaunas, Lithuania

Received March 16, 2017
Accepted December 19, 2017

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