The paper presents the basic outside and inside pelvic diameters of 136 Holstein-Friesian cows, and the coefficients of phenotypic correlation between these measurements and the course of parturition.
University of Warmia and Mazury, Oczapowskiego 5, 10-719 Olsztyn-Kortowo, Poland
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