Reproductive performance of dairy cows in various programmed breeding systems including OvSynch and combinations of gonadotropin-releasing hormone and prostaglandin F2α

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 506-515

  Stevenson, J S ^a   Kobayashi, Y ^a,b   Thompson, K E ^a,c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Farmland Industries   (United States)

Author keywords

OvSynch; Pregnancy rates; Synchronized estrus

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

GONADORELIN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; DINOPROST; ESTRUS DETECTION; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0033088188     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(99)75261-6     Document Type: Article

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