Effect of transfer of one or two in vitro-produced embryos and post-transfer administration of gonadotropin releasing hormone on pregnancy rates of heat-stressed dairy cattle

Theriogenology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 224-233

  Franco, M ^a,b   Block, J ^a   Jousan, F D ^a   de Castro e Paula, L A ^a   Brad, A M ^a   Franco, J M ^b   Grisel, F ^b   Monson, R L ^c   Rutledge, J J ^c   Hansen, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Embogen ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Embryo transfer; GnRH; Twinning

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEAT; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HEAT; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33745440957     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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