Use of insulin-like growth factor-I during embryo culture and treatment of recipients with gonadotropin-releasing hormone to increase pregnancy rates following the transfer of in vitro-produced embryos to heat-stressed, lactating cows

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1590-1602

  Block, J ^a   Drost, M ^a   Monson, R L ^b   Rutledge, J J ^b   Rivera, R M ^a   Paula Lopes, F F ^a   Ocon, O M ^a,d   Krininger III, C E ^a   Liu, J ^c   Hansen, P J ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c VICAM   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Embryo transfer; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Heat stress; Insulin like growth factor

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

GONADORELIN; PROGESTERONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HEAT; LACTATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEX RATIO; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CATTLE; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HEAT; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LACTATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; SEX RATIO; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0346445437     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2003.8161590x     Document Type: Article

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