Reproductive Efficiency of Three Estrus Synchronization Schemes Comprising Fixed-Time Insemination in Dairy Cows

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 271-276

  Amiridis, G S ^a   Belibasaki, S ^b   Leontides, L ^a   Lymberopoulos, A ^b   Vainas, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DINOPROST; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0034201923     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0442.2000.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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