The effect of the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analog, buserelin, administered in diestrus on pregnancy rates and pregnancy failure in mares

Theriogenology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1097-1101

  Pycock, J F ^a,c   Newcombe, J R ^b  

^a Howe Farm Cottage   (United Kingdom)

^b Warren House Farm   (United Kingdom)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Buserelin; GnRH; Mare; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; EMBRYO DEATH; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HORSE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY RATE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0030587698     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(96)00274-9     Document Type: Article

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