Timed artificial insemination of two consecutive services in dairy cows using prostaglandin F2α and gonadotropin-releasing hormone

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 691-698

  Meyer, J P ^a   Radcliff, R P ^a,b   Rhoads, M L ^a,c   Bader, J F ^a   Murphy, C N ^a   Lucy, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Estrus; Reproduction; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

BOS;

GONADORELIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DINOPROST; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34247874663     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(07)71552-7     Document Type: Article

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