Sexual behavior and pregnancy rate of bos indicus bulls

Theriogenology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 991-1002

  Silva Mena, C ^a,b   Ake Lopez R ^a   Delgado Leon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fertility; Mating activity; Zebu bulls

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; NORGESTOMET; PREGNANE DERIVATIVE;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COPULATION; DRUG IMPLANT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIBIDO; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MATING; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SCROTUM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM;

AGING; ANIMALS; CATTLE; COPULATION; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNENEDIONES; SCROTUM; SEMEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0034163465     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(00)00245-4     Document Type: Article

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