Aquapuncture therapy of repeat breeding in dairy cattle

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 397-404

  Lin, Jen Hsou ^a   Wu, L S ^a   Wu, Y L ^a   Lin, C S ^b   Yang, N Y J ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taiwan Livestock Research Institute   (Taiwan)

^c Chungyu Institute of Technology   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aquapuncture; Baihui; Dairy Cattle; Repeat Breeding

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PROGESTERONE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE FARMING; DAIRY CATTLE; INJECTION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NONHUMAN; PALPATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INJECTIONS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE;

EID: 1842869305     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X02000296     Document Type: Article

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