Reproductive performance of ewes after 5-day treatment with intravaginal inserts containing progesterone in combination with injection of prostaglandin F2α

Reproduction in Domestic Animals

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 142-148

  Dixon, A B ^a,c   Knights, M ^a   Pate, J L ^b   Lewis, P E ^a   Inskeep, E K ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WINGATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SHEEP; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANIMALS; DINOPROST; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

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EID: 33644823057     PISSN: 09366768     EISSN: 14390531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0531.2006.00656.x     Document Type: Article

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