Effect of body condition on reproductive efficiency of lactating dairy cows receiving a timed insemination

Theriogenology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1305-1319

  Moreira, F ^a   Risco, C ^a   Pires, M F A ^b   Ambrose, J D ^c   Drost, M ^a   DeLorenzo, M ^a   Thatcher, W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body condition; Cattle; Timed insemination

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; COW; ECONOMICS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; DINOPROST; ESTRUS DETECTION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0034176098     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(00)00274-0     Document Type: Article

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