Supplemental norgestomet, progesterone, or melengestrol acetate increases pregnancy rates in suckled beef cows after timed inseminations

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 571-586

  Stevenson, J S ^a,d   Lamb, G C ^b   Johnson, S K ^a   Medina Britos, M A ^a   Grieger, D M ^a   Harmoney, K R ^c   Cartmill, J A ^a,e   El Zarkouny, S Z ^a   Dahlen, C R ^b,f   Marple, T J ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Louisiana State University ^*  (United States)

^e LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f N West Research and Outreach Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial Insemination; GnRH; Progestogen; Prostaglandins; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELENGESTROL ACETATE; NORGESTOMET; PREGNANE DERIVATIVE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; BREEDING; CATTLE; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZATION; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DINOPROST; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LACTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELENGESTROL ACETATE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PREGNENEDIONES; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037931897     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2003.813571x     Document Type: Article

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