Fixed-time insemination in peripuberal, lightweight replacement beef heifers after estrus synchronization with PGF2alpha and GnRH

Theriogenology

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1827-1837

  Dahlen, C R ^a   Lamb, G C ^a   Zehnder, C M ^a   Miller, L R ^a   DiCostanzo, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Beef heifers; Estrus synchronization

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BODY WEIGHT; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL MATURATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DINOPROST; ESTRUS DETECTION; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MALE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL MATURATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037447431     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(02)01255-4     Document Type: Article

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