Treatment with gonadotropin-releasing hormone after first timed artificial insemination improves fertility in noncycling lactating dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4237-4245

  Sterry, R A ^a   Welle, M L ^b   Fricke, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Miltrim Farms Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled internal drug releasing insert; Cyclicity; Dairy cow; Gonadotropin releasing hormone

Indexed keywords

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EID: 33750581781     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(06)72469-9     Document Type: Article

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