Use of short-term progestin treatment to resynchronize the second estrus following synchronized breeding in beef heifers

Theriogenology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 423-434

  Purvis II, H T ^a,c   Whittier, J C ^b,c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN; MELENGESTROL ACETATE; NORGESTOMET; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ABORTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; CATTLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030876858     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(97)00252-5     Document Type: Article

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