Pregnancy rates, LH and progesterone concentrations in mares treated with a GnRH agonist

Animal Reproduction Science

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 55-62

  Kanitz, W ^a   Schneider, F ^a   Hoppen, H O ^b   Unger, C ^c   Nurnberg G ^a   Becker, F ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c Gut Lewitz ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

GnRH agonist; Horse; Pregnancy rate

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; HORSE; LUTEOLYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZATION;

ANIMALS; BUSERELIN; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HORSES; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEOLYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33751245617     PISSN: 03784320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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