Association between ovarian follicle development and pregnancy rates in dairy cows undergoing spontaneous oestrous cycles

Reproduction

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 621-629

  Bleach, Emma C L ^a,b   Glencross, Richard G ^a   Knight, Philip G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DAIRY CATTLE; ENERGY BALANCE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; LACTATION; LINEAR SYSTEM; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 2942541461     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00190     Document Type: Article

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