Characterisation of the Repeat Breeding Syndrome in Swedish Dairy Cattle.docVIP

Acta vet. scand. 2002, 43, 115-125. Characterisation of the Repeat Breeding Syndrome in Swedish Dairy Cattle By H. Gustafsson1 and U. Emanuelson2 1Swedish Dairy Association, Eskilstuna, 2Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. Gustafsson H, Emanuelson U: Characterisation of the repeat breeding syndrome in swedish dairy cattle. Acta vet. scand. 2002, 43, 115-125. – Repeat breeding (RB), de?ned as cows failure to conceive from 3 or more regularly spaced services in the ab- sence of detectable abnormalities, is a costly problem