Abnormal reproductive observations for beef cows on arid rangelands, associated with suspected increase in dietary phytoestrogens
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Australian Rangeland Society
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Abnormal vulvar enlargement was observed one to eight weeks prior to calving for 72% (24/33) of a
group of young beef cows on a research station in the Alice Springs district; those cows had a higher
proportion of perinatal calf loss (6/24) compared to that of the other nine cows (1/9). Given
circumstantial evidence about the seasonal arid rangeland diet, it is hypothesised that dietary
phytoestrogens had a biological impact on the pre-calving hormonal . . . . .
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English
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Text
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Conference Paper
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It is recommended that papers in the conference proceedings be cited in the following manner:
Bastin, G, Sparrow, A, Scarth, P., Gill, T. Barneston, J. and Staben G. (2015). Are we there yet? Tracking state and change in Australia's rangelands. In Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs (Ed M.H. Friedel) [Australian Rangeland Society: Perth]
Bastin, G, Sparrow, A, Scarth, P., Gill, T. Barneston, J. and Staben G. (2015). Are we there yet? Tracking state and change in Australia's rangelands. In Proceedings of the 18th Biennial Conference of the Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs (Ed M.H. Friedel) [Australian Rangeland Society: Perth]
Conference Name
18th Biennial Conference, Australian Rangeland Society, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 12-16 April 2015
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Keywords
Calving
Alice Springs
Arid rangelands
Calving
extensive-grazing
phytoestrogens
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