Sire breed of calf influences peripartum endocrine profiles and postpartum anestrus in Brahman cows

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 511-517

  Browning Jr , R ^a   Leite Browning, M L ^a   Lewis, A W ^a   Randel, R D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

15-KETO-13,14-DIHYDROPROSTAGLANDIN F2ALPHA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; LABOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION;

ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; DINOPROST; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HORMONES; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MALE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0030292919     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0739-7240(96)00088-4     Document Type: Article

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