Estrus Synchronization of Beef Cattle with a Combination of Melengestrol Acetate and an Injection of Progesterone and 17β-Estradiol

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 715-723

  Fike, K E ^a   Wehrman, M E ^a,b   Lindsey, B R ^a   Bergfeld, E G ^a,c   Melvin, E J ^a,d   Quintal, J A ^a,e   Zanella, E L ^a   Kojima, F N ^a,f   Kinder, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Trans Ova Genetics   (United States)

^c American Society of Animal Science   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Estrus; Insemination; Progesterone; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; SESAMUM INDICUM;

ESTRADIOL; MELENGESTROL ACETATE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; CATTLE; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MELENGESTROL ACETATE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS;

EID: 0033094236     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1999.773715x     Document Type: Article

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