Pregnancy rate following GnRH + PGF2α treatment of low body condition, anestrous Bos taurus by Bos indicus crossbred cows during the summer months in a tropical environment

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 203-213

  Ahuja, C ^a   Montiel, F ^a   Canseco, R ^a   Silva, E ^b   Mapes, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

^c Parque Industrial Santiago Tianguistenco   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Body condition score; Bos taurus Bos indicus; CO Synch; Heat stress; Ovsynch; Select Synch

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANESTRUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANESTRUS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CROSSES, GENETIC; DINOPROST; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LACTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 19544375967     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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