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Replacements Heifers are Often ones being raised to replace the cows currently in the herd.

A Replicate is a duplicate, copy, or repeat of an element, item, or process, often used to develop an average value or to assess the sources of variability and error.

The Reporting Limit is the minimum value below which data are documented as non-detected.

A Representative Sample is a subset of a population that is supposed to reflect what should occur under normal operating conditions.

representativeness are "The degree to which data accurately and precisely represent the Frequency distribution of a specific variable in the population; a data quality indicator" (QAMS 1993, 20).

The Reproducibility is the precision, usually expressed as variance, which measures the variability or closeness among the results of measurements of the same sample at different laboratories by different operators.

Deutsch: Fortpflanzung / Español: Reproducción / Português: Reprodução / Français: Reproduction / Italiano: Riproduzione

Reproduction (or procreation) refers to the biological process by which new individual organisms are produced from one or more extant organisms of the same species. Reproduction is a fundamental feature of all known life; all extant organisms exist as a result of it. There are two forms of reproduction, sexual and asexual.

- Research indicator : A research indicator (Deleted term 1993. See indicator

A research project is a single, focussed activity with a single primary research objective. The project includes the entire research process of initial planning, conduct of research (

Deutsch: Stausee / Español: Embalse / Português: Reservatório / Français: Réservoir / Italiano: Serbatoio /

A reservoir is an artificial lake created and used for the storage of water.

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