Fertility in postpartum dairy cows in winter or summer following estrus synchronization and fixed time AI after the induction of an LH surge with GnRH or hCG

Theriogenology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1675-1687

  De Rensis, F ^a   Marconi, P ^b   Capelli, T ^b   Gatti, F ^b   Facciolongo, F ^b   Franzini, S ^b   Scaramuzzi, R J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Associazione Allevatori di Bergamo   (Italy)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle; Estrous synchronization; Metabolic hormones; Season

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; CATTLE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; SEASON; SECRETION; TIME;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CATTLE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0036892369     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)01075-0     Document Type: Article

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