Acute and Chronic Changes in Luteinizing Hormone Secretion and Postpartum Interval to Estrus in First-Calf Suckled Beef Cows Exposed Continuously or Intermittently to Mature Bulls

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1098-1103

  Fernandez, D L ^a   Berardinelli, J G ^a   Short, R E ^b   Adair, R ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine; LH; Postpartum interval; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOMIZATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030141343     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.7451098x     Document Type: Article

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