Use of intravaginal progesterone-releasing inserts in a synchronization protocol before timed AI and for synchronizing return to estrus in Holstein heifers

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 957-968

  Rivera, H ^a   Lopez, H ^a   Fricke, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled internal drug releasing insert; Dairy heifer; Resynchronization; Timed artificial insemination

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

GONADORELIN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DINOPROST; ESTRUS; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22144488147     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(05)72763-6     Document Type: Article

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