Repeat breeding in dairy heifers: Follicular dynamics and estrous cycle characteristics in relation to sexual hormone patterns

Theriogenology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2257-2269

  Bage R ^a   Gustafsson, H ^b   Larsson, B ^a   Forsberg, M ^a   Rodriguez Martinez H ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Dairy Association   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dairy heifer; Estrus; Follicle; Progesterone; Repeat breeding

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; CATTLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; ESTRUS DETECTION; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0035984418     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)00840-3     Document Type: Article

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