Progesterone and pregnancy status of buffaloes treated with a GNRH agonist

Livestock Science

Volumn 115, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 242-248

  Campanile, G ^a   Vecchio, D ^a   Neglia, G ^a   Di Palo, R ^a   Prandi, A ^b   D'Occhio, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Embryonic mortality; GnRH analogue; Ovulation

Indexed keywords

BUBALUS;

EID: 42049114656     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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