Efficacy of an intravaginal progesterone insert and an injection of PGF2α for synchronizing estrus and shortening the interval to pregnancy in postpartum beef cows, peripubertal beef heifers, and dairy heifers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 982-995

  Lucy, M C ^a   Billings, H J ^b   Butler, W R ^c   Ehnis, L R ^d   Fields, M J ^e   Kesler, D J ^f   Kinder, J E ^d   Mattos, R C ^e   Short, R E ^g   Thatcher, W W ^e   Wettemann, R P ^h   Yelich, J V ^e   Hafs, H D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^g USDA ARS Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory   (United States)

^h OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrus; Progesterone; Prostaglandins; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAIRYING; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PUERPERIUM; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DINOPROST; DRUG SYNERGISM; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035320777     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2001.794982x     Document Type: Article

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