Pregnancy rates in repeat-breeder heifers following multiple artificial inseminations during spontaneous oestrus

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Singh, Bhupender ^a   Saravia, Fernando ^a   Båge, Renée ^a   Rodríguez Martínez, Heriberto ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

AI; Heifer; Oestrus; Pregnancy rates; Repeat breeder

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; CATTLE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ESTRUS DETECTION; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 23944438462     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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