The effect of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog, buserelin, on pregnancy rates in horse and pony mares

Theriogenology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1619-1631

  Newcombe, J R ^b   Martinez, T A ^a   Peters, A R ^c  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Warren House Farm   (United Kingdom)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

GnRH; Mare; Meta analysis; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EMBRYO GROWTH; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORSE; LUTEAL PHASE; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; BUSERELIN; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; HORSES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0035337438     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(01)00507-6     Document Type: Article

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