Efficacy of decreasing the dose of GnRH used in a protocol for synchronization of ovulation and timed AI in lactating dairy cows

Theriogenology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1275-1284

  Fricke, P M ^a   Guenther, J N ^a   Wiltbank, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Conception rate; Dairy cows; Ovsynch; Pregnancy loss; Synchronization of ovulation

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN ACETATE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA TROMETAMOL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DRUG COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY RATE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DINOPROST; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LACTATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0345561566     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-691X(98)00226-X     Document Type: Article

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