Administration of progesterone to cows with ovarian follicular cysts results in a reduction in mean LH and LH pulse frequency and initiates ovulatory follicular growth

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3037-3042

  Calder, Michele D ^a   Salfen, Brent E ^a   Bao, Bagna ^a   Youngquist, Robert S ^a   Garverick, H Allen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cows; Cysts; LH; Ovaries; Progesterone; Treatment

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OVARY CYST; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PULSATILE FLOW;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 0033228320     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1999.77113037x     Document Type: Article

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