Repeated use of a GnRH analogue deslorelin (Ovuplant) for hastening ovulation in the transitional mare

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-155

  Mckinnon, A O ^a   Vasey, J R ^a   Lescun, T B ^a   Trigg, T E ^b  

^a Australia   (Australia)

^b TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breeding; Deslorelin; GnRH; Horse; Ovulation; Transition

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS;

DESLORELIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GONADORELIN; TRIPTORELIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IMPLANT; FEMALE; HORSE; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG IMPLANTS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HORSES; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TRIPTORELIN;

EID: 0031094026     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3306.1997.tb01659.x     Document Type: Article

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