Effect of acute nutritional restriction on incidence of anovulation and periovulatory estradiol and gonadotropin concentrations in beef heifers

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1601-1607

  Mackey, David R ^a,b   Sreenan, Joseph M ^a   Roche, James F ^b   Diskin, Michael G ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOVULATION; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FERTILITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0032709763     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod61.6.1601     Document Type: Article

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