Use of a Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist or Human Chorionic Gonadotropin for Timed Insemination in Cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1084-1091

  Schmitt, E J P ^a   Diaz, T ^a   Drost, M ^a   Thatcher, W W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cattle; GnRH; hCG; Insemination; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZATION;

ANIMALS; BUSERELIN; CATTLE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DINOPROST; ESTRUS; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0030144553     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.7451084x     Document Type: Article

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