Effect of timing of urea feeding on the yield and quality of embryos in lactating dairy cows

Theriogenology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1443-1455

  Dawuda, P M ^a   Scaramuzzi, R J ^a   Leese, H J ^b   Hall, C J ^b   Peters, A R ^c   Drew, S B ^d   Wathes, D C ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Embryo quality; Superovulation; Urea feeding

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LACTIC ACID; PROGESTERONE; UREA;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; LACTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLISM; MILK; MILK LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RANDOMIZATION; SUPEROVULATION;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GLUCOSE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; INSULIN; LACTATION; LACTIC ACID; MILK; OVULATION INDUCTION; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; UREA;

EID: 0036836639     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)00973-1     Document Type: Article

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