Effects of flunixin meglumine and transportation on establishment of pregnancy in beef cows

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1547-1554

  Merrill, M L ^a,d   Ansotegui, R P ^a   Burns, P D ^b   MacNeil, M D ^c   Geary, T W ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Flunixin meglumine; Pregnancy establishment; Transportation stress

Indexed keywords

BOS;

CLONIXIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CATTLE; CLONIXIN; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; PREGNANCY; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 34249860377     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2006-587     Document Type: Article

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