Short communication: A field study on the relationship between body condition and embryo production in superovulated holstein yearling heifers

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1087-1091

  Kadokawa, H ^a   Tameoka, N ^b   Uchiza, M ^b   Kimura, Y ^b   Yonai, M ^c  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Livestock Breeding Center   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Body condition score; Hyperinsulinemia; Superovulation

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INSULIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MORULA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SUPEROVULATION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; INSULIN; MORULA; PREGNANCY; SUPEROVULATION;

EID: 40649122268     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0642     Document Type: Article

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