Effect of the El Niño phenomenon on the ovarian responsiveness and embryo production of donor cows

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 209-218

  Bényei, Balázs ^a,b   Gaspardy A ^a   Cseh, S ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b NONE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Donor cows; El Ni o phenomenon; Embryo production; Heat stress; Superovulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; COW; EL NINO; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEAT STRESS; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; OVULATION; TEMPERATURE;

FRIESIA;

EID: 0344519676     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.51.2003.2.9     Document Type: Article

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