Importance of inseminating only cows in estrus

Theriogenology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1657-1667

  Sturman, H ^a,b   Oltenacu, E A B ^a   Foote, R H ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b ON AI Cooperative Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abortion; Insemination; Pregnancy; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

MILK; PROGESTERONE;

ABORTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COW; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; ISRAEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; ESTRUS; ESTRUS DETECTION; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; ISRAEL; MALE; MILK; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0034194920     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(00)00305-8     Document Type: Article

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