An alternative AI breeding protocol for dairy cows exposed to elevated ambient temperatures before or after calving or both

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 799-806

  Cartmill, J A ^a,b   El Zarkouny, S Z ^a   Hensley, B A ^a   Rozell, T G ^a   Smith, J F ^a   Stevenson, J S ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrus; Heat stress; Timed artificial insemination

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

GONADORELIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BREEDING; CATTLE; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HEAT INJURY; HUMIDITY; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; DINOPROST; ESTRUS; ESTRUS DETECTION; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMIDITY; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035316903     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74536-5     Document Type: Article

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