Estrous cycle characteristics and response to estrus synchronization in mammoth asses (Equus asinus americanus)

Theriogenology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 827-834

  Blanchard, T L ^a   Taylor, T S ^a   Love, C L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrous cycle; Estrus synchronization; Mammoth ass; Progesterone; Prostaglandin

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTAGLANDIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; DINOPROST; EQUIDAE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; MALE; SEASONS; TEXAS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS ASINUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; SESAMUM INDICUM;

EID: 0033213345     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(99)00175-2     Document Type: Article

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