The use of a deslorelin implant (GnRH agonist) during the late embryonic period to reduce pregnancy loss

Theriogenology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1443-1453

  Bartolome, J A ^a,b   Kamimura, S ^a   Silvestre, F ^a   Arteche, A C M ^a   Trigg, T ^c   Thatcher, W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^c TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cattle; Corpus luteum; Deslorelin implant; Ovarian follicle; Pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

DESLORELIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; PROGESTERONE; TRIPTORELIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BREEDING; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IMPLANT; FEMALE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCTION; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; DRUG IMPLANTS; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTION; TRIPTORELIN;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33645916719     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.08.017     Document Type: Article

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