Evaluation of Timed Insemination Using a Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonist in Lactating Dairy Cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1385-1393

  Burke, J M ^a,b   De La Sota, R L ^a,c   Risco, C A ^a,b   Staples, C R ^a,b   Schmitt, E J P ^a,d   Thatcher, W W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Department of Dairy Sciences ^*

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

^d Laboratoires Upjohn   (France)

Author keywords

Cows; Gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist; Insemination; Pregnancy rates

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

BUSERELIN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; CATTLE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME;

ANIMALS; BUSERELIN; CATTLE; DINOPROST; ESTRUS DETECTION; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030202669     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(96)76496-2     Document Type: Article

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