Ability of induced corpora lutea to maintain pregnancy in beef cows

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2942-2949

  Bridges, P J ^a   Wright, D J ^a   Buford, W I ^a   Ahmad, N ^a   Hernandez Fonseca, H ^a   McCormick, M L ^a   Schrick, F N ^b   Dailey, R A ^a   Lewis, P E ^a   Inskeep, E K ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Corpus luteum; Embryo mortality; Pregnancy; Prostaglandins

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORPUS LUTEUM; DINOPROST; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0034329688     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2000.78112942x     Document Type: Article

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