Relationships of peri-partum, plasma concentrations of progesterone, oestrogens and 13,14-dihydro-15-ketoprostaglandin F(2α), in heifers and of anatomical measurements of dam and calf with difficulty of calving in early-bred Hereford X Friesian heifers

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-16

  Olujohungbe, A A ^a   Bryant, M J ^a   Cobby, J M ^b   Pope, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calf head circumference; Dystocia; Heifer body length; Heifer heart girth; Oestrone sulphate; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

15 KETO 13,14 DIHYDROPROSTAGLANDIN F2ALPHA; 15-KETO-13,14-DIHYDROPROSTAGLANDIN F2ALPHA; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; ESTRONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LABOR; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DINOPROST; DYSTOCIA; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); ESTRONE; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; FRIESIA;

EID: 0032581104     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4320(98)00078-5     Document Type: Article

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