Effect of sterile service on estrus duration, fertility and prolificacy in artificially inseminated dairy goats

Theriogenology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1345-1353

  Romano, J E ^a,c   Crabo, B G ^b   Christians, C J ^b  

^a Clinical and Population Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Estrus duration; Fertility; Goats; Service

Indexed keywords

FLUGESTONE ACETATE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; COPULATION; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GOAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TIME; VASECTOMY;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; ESTRUS; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GOATS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; OVULATION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; VASECTOMY;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; NUBIAN;

EID: 0034176021     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(00)00277-6     Document Type: Article

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