Development of a Progestin-Based Estrus Synchronization Program: II. Reproductive Response of Cows Fed Melengestrol Acetate for 14 Days with Injections of Progesterone and Prostaglandin F2α

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1273-1279

  McDowell, C M ^a   Anderson, L H ^a   Lemenager, R P ^a,b   Mangione, D A ^a   Day, M L ^a,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrus; Fertility; Melengestrol; Progesterone; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

MELENGESTROL ACETATE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DINOPROST; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MELENGESTROL ACETATE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS;

EID: 0032065297     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.7651273x     Document Type: Article

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