Induced and Synchronized Estrus in Cattle: Dose Titration of Estradiol Benzoate in Peripubertal Heifers and Postpartum Cows after Treatment with an Intravaginal Progesterone-Releasing Insert and Prostaglandin F2α

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1662-1670

  Lammoglia, M A ^a   Short, R E ^a   Bellows, S E ^a   Bellows, R A ^a   MacNeil, M D ^a   Hafs, H D ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Estradiol; Estrus; Pregnancy rate; Progesterone; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL 3-BENZOATE; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DINOPROST; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0032087863     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.7661662x     Document Type: Article

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