Comparison of controlled internal drug release device and melengesterol acetate as progestin sources in an estrous synchronization protocol for beef heifers

Theriogenology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 162-167

  Tauck, S A ^a   Wilkinson, J R C ^a   Olsen, J R ^a   Janitell, J N ^a   Berardinelli, J G ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef heifers; Controlled internal drug release; Estrous synchronization; Fixed time AI; Melengesterol acetate

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN; MELENGESTROL ACETATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CATTLE; DELAYED RELEASE FORMULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; ESTRUS; ESTRUS SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; MELENGESTROL ACETATE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTINS;

EID: 34250204516     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.03.027     Document Type: Article

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