Estrous behavior and the estrus-to-ovulation interval in nelore cattle (Bos indicus) with natural estrus or estrus induced with prostaglandin F2α or norgestomet and estradiol valerate

Theriogenology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 667-681

  Pinheiro, O L ^a   Barros, C M ^a   Figueiredo, R A ^a   Do Valle, E R ^b   Encarnacao R O ^b   Padovani, C R ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bos indicus; Estrus; Ovulation; Progesterone; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; GESTAGEN; NORGESTOMET; PREGNANE DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA TROMETAMOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IMPLANT; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CLIMATE; DINOPROST; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); ESTRUS; FEMALE; OVULATION; PREGNENEDIONES; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS;

ANIMALIA; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0032006312     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00017-X     Document Type: Article

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