Effect of increasing progesterone concentration from Day 3 of pregnancy on subsequent embryo survival and development in beef heifers

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 368-375

  Carter, F ^a   Forde, N ^a   Duffy, P ^a   Wade, M ^a   Fair, T ^a   Crowe, M A ^a   Evans, A C O ^a   Kenny, D A ^a   Roche, J F ^a   Lonergan, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE; TAU INTERFERON;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; CATTLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESTRUS CYCLE; GROWTH RATE; HEIFER; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY RATE; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GONADAL HORMONES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 40549087916     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD07204     Document Type: Article

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