The strategic use of estradiol to enhance fertility and submission rates of progestin-based estrus synchronization programs in dairy herds

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 523-529

  Day, M L ^a,d   Burke, C R ^b   Taufa, V K ^b   Day, A M ^b   Macmillan, K L ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dexcel Limited   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Estradiol; Progesterone; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DRUG SYNERGISM; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0034151596     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2000.783523x     Document Type: Article

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