Conception rates after AI in Swedish red and white dairy heifers: Relationship with progesterone concentrations at AI

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 199-203

  Bage R ^a,b  

^a Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0038460324     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0531.2003.00426.x     Document Type: Article

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