Corpus luteum function and embryonic mortality in buffaloes treated with a GnRH agonist, hCG and progesterone

Theriogenology

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1393-1398

  Campanile, G ^a   Di Palo, R ^a   Neglia, G ^a   Vecchio, D ^a   Gasparrini, B ^a   Prandi, A ^b   Galiero, G ^c   D'Occhio, M J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c IZSM   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Embryonic mortality; GnRH; hCG; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADORELIN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BUFFALO; CHEMISTRY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; EMBRYO DEATH; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; BUSERELIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORPUS LUTEUM; EMBRYO LOSS; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MILK; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS;

EID: 34247260957     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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