Conception rates and serum progesterone concentration in dairy cattle administered gonadotropin releasing hormone 5 days after artificial insemination

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 95, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 224-233

  Howard, J M ^a   Manzo, R ^a   Dalton, J C ^b   Frago, F ^a   Ahmadzadeh, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Conception rate; GnRH; Post insemination; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; LACTATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LACTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33747364511     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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