Effect of prostaglandin F(2α) treatment before norgestomet and estradiol valerate treatment on regression, formation, and function of corpora lutea in beef heifers

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 281-289

  Kesler, D J ^a   Dyson, T S ^a   Summers, R N ^a   Steckler, T L ^a   Nash, T G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle ovary; Norgestomet; Oestradiol valerate; Oestrus synchronization; Progesterone; Prostaglandins

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; NORGESTOMET; PREGNANE DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IMPLANT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; DINOPROST; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; PREGNENEDIONES; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030608938     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(97)00023-7     Document Type: Article

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