Treatment of cycling and noncycling lactating dairy cows with progesterone during Ovsynch

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2567-2578

  Stevenson, J S ^a   Pursley, J R ^b   Garverick, H A ^c   Fricke, P M ^d   Kesler, D J ^e   Ottobre, J S ^f   Wiltbank, M C ^d  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled internal drug release; Dairy cow; Fertility; Ovsynch

Indexed keywords

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EID: 33745922098     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72333-5     Document Type: Article

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