Reproductive performance of lactating dairy cows treated with gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and/or prostaglandin F2a (PGF2a) for synchronization of estrus and ovulation

Theriogenology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1131-1139

  Momcilovic, D ^a   Archbald, L F ^a   Walters, A ^b   Tran, T ^a   Kelbert, D ^b   Risco, C ^a   Thatcher, W W ^c  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b North Florida Holsteins NFH Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Estrus synchronization; GnRH; PGF2a

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN ACETATE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA TROMETAMOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DAIRY INDUSTRY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DINOPROST; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LACTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; FALLOPIA;

EID: 0032212923     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00214-3     Document Type: Article

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