Relationships of hormonal patterns and fertility to occurrence of two or three waves of ovarian follicles, before and after breeding, in beef cows and heifers

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-28

  Ahmad, Nasim ^a   Townsend, E C ^a   Dailey, R A ^a   Inskeep, E K ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle ovary; Follicular waves

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; BREEDING; CATTLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; METABOLISM; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0031228677     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(97)00057-2     Document Type: Article

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