Relationship between blood serum progesterone levels in cattle donors and the yield and quality of embryos

Bulletin of the Veterinary Institute in Pulawy

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-52

  Novotný, František ^a   Hajurka, Jaroslav ^a   Macák, Vladimír ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Donor cows; Embryos; Progesterone; Superovulation

Indexed keywords

CLOPROSTENOL; FOLLITROPIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DONOR; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRUS; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 19344369514     PISSN: 00424870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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