Use of bovine somatotropin in lactating dairy cows receiving timed artificial insemination

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1237-1247

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

Bovine somatotropin; Lactating cows; Timed artificial insemination

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; CATTLE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LACTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY TEST; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DINOPROST; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY TESTS; PROGESTERONE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0034203503     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(00)74990-3     Document Type: Article

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