Effect of type and quantity of concentrates on superovulation and embryo yield in beef heifers

Theriogenology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1259-1266

  Yaakub, H ^a   O'Callaghan, D ^b   Boland, M P ^a  

^a Faculty of Agriculture   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Beef heifers; Embryo; Nutrition; Superovulation

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BARLEY; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIET; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GOOSEFOOT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHENOPODIACEAE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIET; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HORDEUM; PROGESTERONE; SILAGE; SUPEROVULATION;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; ANIMALIA; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; BOS TAURUS; CITRUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LUTES;

EID: 0033136907     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00070-9     Document Type: Article

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